BlackBerry has announced that registration has now opened up for the Marshmallow Beta for the BlackBerry Priv. Starting today, BlackBerry are inviting PRIV owners to sign up to participate in a Beta Zone program and contribute to testing Android 6.0 on PRIV.
In addition to standard Marshmallow features, the beta software may include security updates on the bleeding edge – even before they are released in the company’s monthly security patches.
PRIV Beta Zone participants will test Android 6.0 Marshmallow by doing a wireless software update to a new Android 6.0 beta build and submit Bug Reports using an included bug reporting app when bugs or inconveniences are discovered.
BlackBerry has announced the initia acceptance criteria:
- To be in the first wave of beta testers, you must have a PRIV purchased from ShopBlackBerry, Amazon or Carphone Warehouse. Other device owners may apply too, but won’t be accepted into the program immediately.
- You’ll need to enable background diagnostic reporting so engineering teams at BlackBerry can analyze collected data in aggregate and make improvements where necessary.
- There is limited space in the beta program. New registrations join the waitlist, from which new participants will be selected as we grow the program. The first group of participants will receive invitations this week.
- Registration will be open for about two weeks, and we’ll begin beta testing during the second week of April.
- The beta will last about 4-8 weeks.
Registration is open now and users interested in testing out Marshmallow for the Priv can apply here.
