Right on time, Google has released the fourth out of six total Android Q betas. The update is available now to those already enrolled in the program, but for those who have been waiting to make the jump — now’s as good a time as any. 

As it did with Android Pie, Google has expanded the Android Q beta program beyond its own Pixel phone lineup. The beta program officially opened up to include 21 phones in May after the opening keynote during Google I/O. During the keynote, Google also announced a new smart display called the Google Nest Hub Max and improvements to Google Assistant, and revealed more details about Android Q.

Before we go any further — we don’t recommend installing Android Q on your primary phone. Because it’s still at the beta stage, there will be bugs that break things and all but ruin battery life. Even this point in the beta process, there are still issues being worked out. If you don’t have an old phone that’s compatible with the beta program, it’s a good idea to wait until later in the testing cycle before jumping in. Google warns users during the signup process, “Certain functionality (including core functionality, such as your ability to place and receive calls) or applications may not work properly.”

Beta testing is fun, sure. But if you need your phone to work 100 percent of the time, hold off.

With that said, if you’re interested in providing feedback and helping Google track down bugs, below you’ll find a list of supported devices as well as instructions for installing Android Q right now. 

What devices are eligible?

This year Google has partnered with 12 different device makers to bring the total number of eligible phones to help test Android Q to 21. Here they are:

As with previous years, Samsung phones aren’t included in the beta program. We’ve reached out to Samsung to learn why, and inquire about possible participation before the beta ends.

How do I install it?

The process varies based on the brand of your phone. Pixel users can visit the Google Beta website and opt in to the program. The official Android Q Beta website lists every supported device and provides a link to instructions from the device maker for enrolling in the beta program. 

Can I leave the beta?

Yes, but be prepared to factory-reset your phone and lose anything on it that’s not backed up elsewhere. Once again, you’ll need to visit the Android Q Beta list of devices for instructions specific to your phone.

Originally published March 13.
Update, June 5: Updated with beta 4 availability.  

After a series of tweets that made it seem as if YouTube was contradicting its own anti-harassment policies, the video platform published a blog post in an attempt to clarify its stance. But even though the post is supposed to “provide more details and context than is possible in any one string of tweets,” it is similarly confusing and raises yet more questions about how serious YouTube is about combatting harassment and hate speech on its platform—especially if the abuse comes from a high-profile channel with million of subscribers.

YouTube is currently under fire for not taking earlier, more decisive actions against conservative commentator Steven Crowder after he made homophobic and racist comments about Vox reporter Carlos Maza in multiple videos. The platform eventually demonetized Crowder’s channel, which currently has more than 3.8 million subscribers, but then stated it would allow Crowder to start making ad revenue again if he fixed “all of the issues” with his channel and stopped linking to an online shop that sold shirts saying “Socialism is for f*gs.”

Before demonetizing Crowder’s channels, YouTube responded to Maza in a series of tweets that created confusion about how it enforces it policies. The platform said after an “in-depth review” of flagged videos by Crowder, it decided that even though the language they contained was “clearly hurtful,” the videos did not violate its policies because “as an open platform, it’s crucial for us to allow everyone-from creators to journalists to late-night TV hosts-to express their opinions w/in the scope of our policies.” This was in spite of the fact that Crowder’s derogatory references to Maza’s ethnicity and sexual orientation violate several of YouTube’s policy against harassment and cyberbullying, including “content that makes hurtful and negative personal comments/videos about another person.”

I’ve been called an anchor baby, a lispy queer, a Mexican, etc. These videos get millions of views on YouTube. Every time one gets posted, I wake up to a wall of homophobic/racist abuse on Instagram and Twitter.

— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019

In the new blog post, posted by YouTube head of communications Chris Dale, the platform gives a lengthy explanation of how it attempts to draw the line between things like “edgy stand-up comedy routines” and harassment.

As an open platform, we sometimes host opinions and views that many, ourselves included, may find offensive. These could include edgy stand-up comedy routines, a chart-topping song, or a charged political rant — and more. Short moments from these videos spliced together paint a troubling picture. But, individually, they don’t always cross the line.

There are two key policies at play here: harassment and hate speech. For harassment, we look at whether the purpose of the video is to incite harassment, threaten or humiliate an individual; or whether personal information is revealed. We consider the entire video: For example, is it a two-minute video dedicated to going after an individual? A 30-minute video of political speech where different individuals are called out a handful of times? Is it focused on a public or private figure? For hate speech, we look at whether the primary purpose of the video is to incite hatred toward or promote supremacism over a protected group; or whether it seeks to incite violence. To be clear, using racial, homophobic, or sexist epithets on their own would not necessarily violate either of these policies. For example, as noted above, lewd or offensive language is often used in songs and comedic routines. It’s when the primary purpose of the video is hate or harassment. And when videos violate these policies, we remove them.

In the case of Crowder’s persistent attacks on Maza, YouTube repeated its stance that the videos flagged by users “did not violate our Community Guidelines.”

The decision to demonetize Crowder’s channel was made, however, because “we saw the widespread harm to the YouTube community resulting from the ongoing pattern of egregious behavior, took a deeper look, and made the decision to suspend monetization,” Dale wrote.

In order to start earning ad revenue again, “all relevant issues with the channel need to be addressed, including any videos that violate our policies, as well as things like offensive merchandise,” he added.

The latest YouTube controversy is both upsetting and exhausting, because it is yet another reminder of the company’s lack of action against hate speech and harassment, despite constantly insisting that it will do better (just yesterday, for example, YouTube announced that it will ban videos that support views like white supremacy, Nazi ideology or promote conspiracy theories that deny events like the Holocaust or Sandy Hook).

The passivity of social media companies when it comes to stemming the spread of hate through its platforms has real-life consequences (for example, when (Maza was doxxed and harassed by fans of Crowder last year), and no amount of prevarication or distancing can stop the damage once its been done.

Apple on Monday revealed iOS 13, the next version of the operating system software that runs on your iPhone ($1,000 at Amazon) and iPod Touch. Notice we didn’t say iPad? That’s because the iPad now has its own OS, called iPadOS. Updates to both platforms include a dedicated dark mode, new Messages features, an updated Photos app and a revamped Maps experience. Apple also announced MacOS 10.15, WatchOS 6, and TVOS 13. Once again, you can help Apple test the unreleased software through its beta program.

The first release of iOS 13 is only available for developers with a paid developer account, but Apple has said that the public beta will launch in July. Once the public beta is available, anyone who wants to help test can do so.

Installing the beta is an easy process, taking very little of your time. However, you’ll need to make sure you have a backup and are aware that things will not always work.

But first, a warning

Over the years, the first beta release for an upcoming iOS release has gotten more stable. However, the software has not yet been released except as a beta version for a reason — it’s not finished. Apps are going to break, battery life is going to be horrible and frequent random restarts aren’t unheard of.

You don’t have to take our word for it, Apple’s own developer portal has the following warning: 

Important Note for Thrill Seekers: If you’re interested in living on the edge and trying out the great new features in iOS 13, we strongly advise waiting for the many bug fixes and refinements coming to the public beta later this month.

If you want to test iOS 13, go into it knowing that you’re testing beta software and do yourself — and Apple — a favor by providing feedback through the Feedback app.

You can’t (easily) go back

In addition to a willingness to deal with bugs and random issues, you need to know that you can’t easily go back to the current official version of iOS. It’s possible, but you can’t restore from a backup made with your device on iOS 13.

So, with that in mind, it’s a good idea to create a backup of your device as it is right before switching to the beta. The best way to do that is to use iTunes (RIP) and create an encrypted backup.

Which devices are supported?

According to Apple, the following devices can take part in the iOS 13 or iPadOS beta:

Read: Every iPhone that works with iOS 13

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Ready? Here’s how to install iOS 13

Right now, you’ll need a paid Apple developer account in order to access the profiles and proper files required to install iOS 13. A paid developer account costs $99 per year and also gives you access to publishing an app for sale in the App Store.

Paid developers can visit this page of the Apple Developer site to download the beta software. There isn’t an OTA file available for the first beta, so you’ll have to manually install it. Apple is requiring that you have either the MacOS 10.15 Catalina beta installed, or have installed the Xcode 11 beta before you can use iTunes to install iOS 13. Both of those are also available through the Apple developer portal for paid developers. 

What about the public beta?

When it launches, the public beta program will be available here. You’ll need to enroll your device and install the update over the air (OTA). We’ll update this post with more thorough instructions once the beta program opens up.

Follow all of this week’s Apple news.

Originally published June 3. 
Update, June 5: Adds compatibility chart.

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She’s a Wonder. Forget the invisible-jet-flying Wonder Woman from the delightfully cheesy SuperFriends cartoon. Fans met an entirely new heroine in the 2017 blockbuster feature simply called Wonder Woman.

We’ve been waiting for the sequel almost since walking out of the theater and will collect news and views about it here. The basics: It’s called Wonder Woman 1984, and filming wrapped in December 2018. (Read: Wonder Woman 1984 en español.)

In early June 2019, exactly one year before the new film is scheduled to open, director Patty Jenkins shared a stunning image of star Gal Gadot in a shiny golden costume. Wonder Woman is rocking some seriously 1980s armored shoulder pads, plus long sleeves, her iconic bracelets, a high neck, and tall boots. Jenkins issued an apology for not attending San Diego Comic-Con this year, noting that the full promo campaign for the film won’t begin until December. But the new photo should soothe any fan upset over that.

The golden look may be familiar to comic-book readers. CNET sister site ComicBook.com notes that the new style appears to be a mix of looks from the comics, including the Golden Eagle armor that allows Wonder Woman to fly.

In December 2018, Gadot thanked Jenkins, the character’s fans, and the nearly 1,000 crew members “who came to set every day, giving everything they have into our movie.”

Don’t line up yet to buy tickets for the sequel. It was originally scheduled to come out in November 2019, but back in October 2018, Gadot and Jenkins announced the move to June 2020.

Now they may be regretting that change. In May 2019, Jenkins said in a video interview that she’s just screened the film and longed to release it right away. “I’m dying to release this film,” she said.

The latest

In late April 2018, Jenkins wished Gadot a happy 34th birthday on Twitter, writing “I love you more than words can say.” Yeah, yeah, that’s all well and good, but we’re here for the photo Jenkins shared, which appears to be from Wonder Woman 1984 and shows Gadot clad in crisp white looking over a bannister. Various media sources claimed the look is mimicking different eras. The Deseret News says it’s a homage to the 1970s Lynda Carter Wonder Woman series, while The Hollywood Reporter says that the look harkens back to a 1960s comic storyline.

Don’t call the next movie a sequel. Producer Charles Roven told Vulture that director Jenkins is “determined that this movie should be the next iteration of Wonder Woman but not a sequel.” He notes that the movie is set in a completely different time frame and tells a very different story than the original. 

The basics

So what do we know so far? We know the sequel’s title will be Wonder Woman 1984, and it’s set in the neon-splashed Reagan Era. Two photos released in June 2018 show Diana marveling at some very 1980s TV screens (J.R. Ewing!) and in a possible spoiler, Steve Trevor getting his shopping mall on. (Is this really Steve? How can that be… never mind, it’s the movies.)

And director Patty Jenkins is very excited about another character, the unidentified man played by Pedro Pascal, star of Netflix show Narcos. On July 30, Jenkins tweeted out a photo of Pascal with a loud tie and some serious 1980s Ken doll hair, declaring she “can’t…stop…watching” the actor’s work. The character Pascal is playing is still a secret, though fans on Twitter guessed he might be supervillain Maxwell Lord or, possibly, Vandal Savage. 

Jenkins and Pascal worked together on the 2015 TV movie Exposed. Game of Thrones fans will know Pascal for his role as dashing but doomed Oberyn Martell.

At Comic-Con, attendees were treated to some new footage.

With Gadot as the lead in Wonder Woman, the heroic Amazon finally landed a full-on film of her own, and some critics call it the best feature ever in the DC film universe. (Batman v Superman will have to console itself with its shelf full of Razzies.) The film was the third-highest-grossing movie of 2017, behind only Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast.

In mid-June 2018, Gadot released the first photo showing her in costume for the sequel. She’s apparently landed herself a very 1980s curling iron, and the costume is looking shiny.

And in late June, director Patty Jenkins released a photo of Kristen Wiig as Barbara Minerva, aka supervillain Cheetah, though Wiig is shown standing in a museum in a very-1980s outfit, not in full villain garb. (Minerva is an archaeologist in the comics, so the museum location makes sense.)

Wonder Woman proved, once and for all, that female superheroes can headline their own movie, if it’s done well. Seems ridiculous this was ever a question, but as Deadline wrote, “there seemed (to be) a reason studios put capes mostly on men, because it was thought they were the rabid fan base that camped out early and came back often and made huge opening weekends.” 

Welcome to the 21st century, filmmakers, where men and women can be equally devoted fans of both male and female heroes.

A sequel was inevitable, because DC execs are no dummies. Fans worried at first about whether director Patty Jenkins would return for the second film, but she signed on in September 2017. Variety reports Jenkins will earn around $8 million to direct, produce and work on the script, which would make her the highest-paid female director of all time.

Release date, production info

Wonder Woman 1984 is now scheduled for a June 5, 2020, release, moved back from its original December 2019 to avoid competing with Star Wars: Episode IX. The title was confirmed by director Jenkins earlier this year, so get out your jelly shoes and Members Only jackets for the trip to the theater.

Jenkins wrote the script with Geoff Johns, president and chief creative officer of DC Comics, and screenwriter Dave Callaham.

And in August 2018, word came that Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer would score the film. Zimmer originally composed Wonder Woman’s theme song for her film debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016.

As mentioned above, star Gadot noted on Dec. 23, 2018, that filming had wrapped, after shooting in “4 very different locations in 3 countries.”

Cast: Who’s who?

Returning characters

New faces

Plot news, rumors and theories

Don’t be a Cheetah! Director Patty Jenkins confirmed on Twitter in March that Kristen Wiig will star as the supervillain Cheetah, calling Wiig “sensationally talented.” Cheetah has long been a nemesis of Wonder Woman, with four different incarnations since her 1943 debut. (In 2001, a man briefly took on the title of Cheetah, but the other three have been women.) Early Cheetahs were just women in costumes, but more recent versions morph into a human-cheetah hybrid and have enhanced strength and agility, plus deadly claws and fangs. Thanks to a photo Jenkins d in late June 2018, Wiig’s version of Cheetah appears to be archaeologist Dr. Barbara Minerva, but there’s also no need for the film to stick closely to any comics story.

Totally awesome ’80s: We know from the title that the movie will be set in that totally tubular decade of the 1980s. Gnarly! But also, serious! Screenrant says the new movie “will send Diana against the forces of Soviet Union in the closing days of the Cold War.”  To be specific, the film will be set in 1984, the year of the Los Angeles Olympics. To get into the 1980s spirit, the cast also posed for a photo that mimics the poster for John Hughes’ 1985 hit, The Breakfast Club.

Pining for Pine: Many fans wondered if Chris Pine, who played Steve Trevor in the first film, would be back. Spoiler ahead: He sacrificed himself in the first film, so it would seem… difficult. But anything goes in comic resurrections (just ask thawed-out Captain America over at Marvel). And now that Jenkins has released a photo labeling it Trevor, we’re left to wonder exactly how he makes his return.

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Here comes the general: In October 2018, Robin Wright confirmed to Variety that she will once again play General Antiope in the sequel. (Spoiler: It’ll have to be in flashback or some other twist because the general sacrificed herself for Diana in the first film.)

“It’s going to be an iconic time: a little Wonder Woman in the vortex of this movement,” Wright said while discussing the state of women’s issues today. “And…Wonder Woman, who was created in the ’40s, what does she symbolize? Justice and equality and speaking the truth. So to be a part of that enhancement, as Wonder Woman’s general, it’s so great.”

Seventies superstar: Until Gadot came along, the iconic onscreen Wonder Woman was Lynda Carter, who starred in the 1970s television series. Could Carter make a cameo appearance in the sequel? In early 2018, Jenkins was asked about that. “We’ll see,” she told Entertainment Tonight’s Mary Hart. “Lynda is one of the dearest people to us, has been a great mentor and dear friend. And we actually desperately tried to get her in the first one and we had the scheduling that couldn’t work, so she’s always been a part of our Wonder Woman family. We won’t say anything yet, but we certainly — there’s no lack of trying.”

She’s coming to America: The first film was set in wartime Europe, but for this one, the star-spangled superhero is coming to the good ol’ USA. “The story will take place in the US, which I think is right,” Jenkins told Entertainment Weekly. “She’s Wonder Woman. She’s got to come to America. It’s time.”

Cheetah, but no copycat: Jenkins told Entertainment Tonight the two films won’t march in lockstep. “We’re actually making a totally different film with a lot of the same … things that we love, but (the sequel is) its own movie completely,” she said. 

Rumored Riz? There’s also a rumor that Riz Ahmed, star of HBO’s The Night Of, is being pursued for a role, based on a statement made by Jeff Sneider,  editor in chief of The Tracking Board, during a March podcast. Ahmed is also in this year’s Venom, which may mean he’s too busy to pick up another major superhero movie.

Dream come true: Indian actress Soundarya Sharma will play a role in the film, The Hindu newspaper reported in August 2018. While her role has not yet been revealed, it sounds major. “This I can say is a ‘dream coming true’ situation,”http://www.cnet.com/” the actor said. “It’s exhilarating to be a part of such a larger-than-life character film where you get to play your dream role. I have always dreamt of playing such a character.” Sharma is perhaps best known for starring in the 2017 Bollywood movie Ranchi Diaries. She’s also studied dentistry, and that’s the tooth.

This piece was originally posted May 9, 2018, and is updated as new details come out.

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