Thursday, August 6, 2026

Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 4 now available

Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 4 is now available in the Canary channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Quail 4, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Quail 4, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.4.0-alpha08. These are a result of your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. You can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that it also affects you.

Fixed Issues
CPU
tools/base/common/.../SparseArray.java has memory leak
Gemini
Android Studio AI grep toolCall keeps failing to execute.
Shell command is not available in Sandbox of GIAS
S0 CRITICAL: Data Loss - AI Agent executed malformed shell command deleting drive contents
Hangouts
Regression: Chrome crashes on screen sharing through hangouts
Profilers
Tiny fonts in the Profiler (CPU and native memory charts)