How to update Android Studio Beta Channel

Question

I am using Android Studio when ever i try to update it shows me the below

How can i update it and also tried by using the option Help->checkForUdates but it shows the same.

Answer 1

1. In Android Studio go to "File > Settings > Updates"
2. change the "Stable channel" option to "canary channel".
3. After that go to "Help > Check for update ...".
4. You should get a pop-up with the option to "update and restart"

Here is the Official documentation

Regards Jose

Answer 2

According to the release notes:

Note: There are no incremental patches to update to 0.8.12; you will need to download it separately

Which means that if you want to update from a version <0.8.12 to the latest beta, which is 0.8.14, then you will need to redownload Android Studio.