In the left panel, click Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Updates.Open the Preferences window by clicking File > Settings (on Mac, Android Studio > Preferences).To change your update channel, proceed as follows: If you'd like to try one of the other versions of Android Studio-known collectively as the Preview Channels-you can choose to receive updates from one of those instead. Stable Channel: The official stable release that is available for download at /studio.īy default, Android Studio offers updates from the Stable Channel.

Beta Channel: These are release candidates based on stable canary builds, released to get feedback before going into the stable channel.Dev Channel: These are hand-picked canary builds that survived a full round of internal testing.This channel is not recommended for production development. Although these builds are subject to more bugs, they do get tested and we want to offer early access so you can try new features and provide feedback. Canary Channel: These are bleeding-edge releases, updated roughly weekly.Updates for Android Studio are available from the following release channels: Android Studio Update ChannelsĪndroid Studio notifies you with a small bubble dialog when an update is available for the IDE, but you can manually check for updates by clicking Help > Check for Update (on Mac, Android Studio > Check for Updates). Once you install Android Studio, it's easy to keep the Android Studio IDE and various SDK tools up to date with automatic updates for Android Studio and the Android SDK Manager.

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