Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 - CP41.260828.004.A8

Track: QPR2 Beta | Predecessor: QPR2 Beta 4 | Milestone: December 2026 stable

The kiosk user type gets a rename with broader semantics, three new typed policies extend the streamlining effort, and device controllers gain scaffolding for programmatic reboots.

DPC capabilities

• Content capture restriction (provisional) - a new DLP policy controls whether content capture (screen recording, accessibility-based capture) is permitted on managed devices. This sits alongside existing screen capture and assist content restrictions in the data leak prevention namespace
• Wi-Fi Direct control (provisional) - administrators will be able to allow or block Wi-Fi Direct connections through the typed policy engine. Wi-Fi Direct was previously unmanaged
• First-use hints (provisional) - already flagged in Beta 4, the backing policy identifier and constants are now in place for controlling first-use hints via the policy engine
• Device controller reboot (provisional) - a new permission is registered for the device controller role. When enabled, device controllers will be able to programmatically reboot managed devices

Other enterprise changes

• Kiosk renamed to dedicated task - the kiosk user type is now called "dedicated task", signalling a semantic broadening from single-app kiosk mode to a more general-purpose dedicated task user type. Worth watching for how this surfaces in AMAPI kiosk provisioning
• Session-scoped policy propagation - a new session-active propagation rule appeared in the policy engine alongside the existing device-wide, user-scoped, and inheritable profile rules. This likely supports login screen and kiosk session policy enforcement, building on the login screen policy scope introduced in Beta 1
• Multi-user provisioning hardened - a standalone precondition checker now validates multi-user managed device provisioning with explicit error codes covering setup completion, incompatible accounts, OS build requirements, and device management role holder status
• Headless system user login screen - a new method detects whether the device is configured to use the headless system user as a login screen, advancing shared device UX. Still behind a test flag
• Security log improvements - security events gained a method for efficient duplication and an enhanced redaction overload that supports flexible per-user event filtering
• App interaction access management - the manage access activity in PermissionController is now exported with an intent filter for managing interactor target access, completing the agent-to-interactor terminology rename and enabling external apps to manage app interaction permissions