
When you run a major version of Android Studio for the first time, it looks for directoriesĬontaining caches, settings, indices, and logs for versions of Android Studio for which aĬorresponding installation can't be found. Is selected, then choose a channel from the list, as shown in figure 2.

In the left panel, click Appearance & Behavior >.

To change the update channel for an existing install, proceed as follows:įile > Settings (on macOS, Android Studio > While still using the stable build for your production projects, you If you'd like to try one of the preview channels (canary, dev, or beta)

(on macOS, Android Studio > Check for Updates). To manually check for updates,Ĭlick File > Settings > Appearance & Behavior > If you installed Android Studio manually, Android Studio notifies you with a small bubbleĭialog when an update is available for the IDE. Jetbrains Toolbox showing available updates. Note: The dev channel versions of Android Studio are not available inįigure 1. When an update is available it displays in Toolbox, as Toolbox lets you install canary,īeta, and stable versions of Android Studio in parallel. Toolbox is responsible for handling updates to Android Studio. Once you install Android Studio, you can keep the Android Studio IDEĪnd Android SDK tools up to date with automatic updatesĪnd the Android SDK Manager.
