Google just released a new Android beta for all of its currently supported Pixel devices, including a preview of the upcoming June Feature Drop. These devices unfortunately did not include the Pixel 3a series, which came as a surprise initially, but we now know why.

Google through its official Reddit handle revealed that it’s starting to beta test its Pixel Feature Drops, starting with the Android 12 QPR3 Beta 1 released on Wednesday (via Android Police). The update includes improvements to functionality and user experience as well as the latest bug fixes, optimizations, and the March 2022 security patches.

However, this update leaves the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL out. Google says that the duo will be updated to the official public March release SP2A.220305.012 instead. This means if you’re the owner of either of the two devices, then it’s officially the end of the road with beta updates.

The Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL debuted with Android 9 Pie, after all, and currently run Android 12, meaning they have (nearly?) completed their three-year update support. The devices have also been omitted from the Android 13 Developer Previews so they look to be joining the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, updates for which ceased last month.

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Each month, AnTuTu benchmarking platform releases the list of top 10 best performing Android phones. In November 2018, the top 10 best performance Android smartphones was dominated by Kirin 980 chipset powered Huawei and Honor phones. The other phones that made it to the list were fueled by Snapdragon 845. AnTuTu’s latest lists for December 2018 reveals has the Snapdragon 845 powered Nubia Red Magic Mars smartphone leading pack which is followed by Kirin 980 driven smartphones.

All the phones mentioned in the list below were benchmarked using AnTuTu version 7 between Dec. 1 and Dec. 31, 2018. The Nubia Red Magic Mars phone that is placed on the number one position recorded an average benchmarking score of 320,464. The next five phones in the list are all powered by Kirin 980 chipset. The Mate 20 Honor V20, Mate 20 X, Mate 20 Pro and Honor Magic 2 have respectively scored 309,310, 303,525, 304,096, 302,872 and 300,978 points

The Xiaomi Black Shark Helo phone is on the seventh position with a score of 300,211. On eighth is OnePlus 6T with 296,278 score. The original Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone and Nubia X have made it to the top ten list of best performance Android phones by respectively scoring 294,193 and 294,032 points.

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In the coming months, multiple phones with Snapdragon 855 are expected to go official It remains to be seen whether it will be the Samsung Galaxy S10 or Sony Xperia XZ4 or any other phone will be the first Snapdragon 855 powered smartphone.

An unofficial listing of the Xperia XZ4 that was spotted earlier today revealed that it had scored over 395k points. Hence, it appears that Snapdragon 855 may start leading AnTuTu’s list of best performance Android phones by the end of first quarter of this year. Huawei is also rumored to be prepping up Kirin 985 chipset to power the Huawei P30 series that is expected to go official by the end of March. Hopefully, it could be a good rival for the Snapdragon 855 mobile platform.

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