After a month from the release of beta 2 update, now the company has released Android Oreo beta 3 updates for its Essential Phone which includes patches for Spectre and Meltdown, new features and bug fixes. Essential team is continuously working on a stable Android Oreo update, but in the meanwhile, the company has released a beta update to fix the issues on its previous version.
The beta 3 update is versioned as build OPM1.170911.254. The OTA update is already started rolling out to the Essential Phone running on beta 2 version which is a 106.5 MB update. If you want the beta 3 build package from the official website, you can download here and it is sized at around 1 GB.
Earlier today we released Oreo Beta 3 over OTA. You can learn more about Oreo Beta and download the release here: https://t.co/oonhRC1b16
— Essential (@essential) January 17, 2018
The new beta 3 update includes the below:
New Features in Beta 3:
- Smart text selection, instant apps, picture-in-picture
- Faster startup and app sign-in
- Google Play Protect Security scans
Issues Fixed from Beta 2:
- Google Security Patches 2018-01 including Spectre and Meltdown
- Misc. Stability and Bug fixes
If you are an Essential Phone user, then go ahead and start updating your device to the new beta build.
