Latest Android 14 QPR2 beta suggests Pixel users will get a place to hide apps, other items،
Last Wednesday, Google released Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1. This was the first beta of December’s Pixel Feature Drop and, according to Wccftech, it comes with the configuration page for a new feature under development called “Private Space”. When the feature is ready to roll out, tapping a button that says “Create a private space” will allow you to set up a new user profile in Android where you can hide certain apps and other items. “Private Space” will be unlocked when the screen lock is opened.
The goal of “Private Space” is to make Android safer and more secure for users. Other Android manufacturers have had similar functionality, including Samsung which offers its Secure Folder; the latter doesn’t create a whole new profile, so “Private Space” has this advantage. Pixel users will soon be able to create or delete a “private space”. A few toggles will allow them to unlock “Private Space” with the screen lock and make “Private Space” visible.
Private Space will give Pixel users a place to hide apps and other items
The appearance of “Private Space” in Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 seems to indicate that “Private Space” will be offered to compatible Pixel users when the December Feature Drop releases next month. If you’re experiencing “Private Space” after installing the latest QPR beta on your Pixel phone, it won’t work until next month.
In the good old days, say last year, we could have made a forecast telling you that the December feature would arrive on the first Monday of the new month, December 4th. Google stopped releasing updates at the same time every month with any regularity at some point this year. That said, I’ll wait until the update first arrives on December 4th and keep my fingers and toes crossed.
Google is still having problems releasing its Pixel updates. When it was launched Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 last week, versions of the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro models were conspicuous by their absence. Google has announced that it will soon release the update for its latest two Pixel models.
