diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# 1.16.0-beta1 / 2022-12-13
+
+* [FEATURE] Global: Unlock encryption API for SDK v2. See [#935](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/935)
+* [FEATURE] RUM: Add telemetry configuration mapper. See [#1142](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1142)
+* [FEATURE] Logs: Add a logger method to log error information from strings. See [#1143](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1143)
+* [IMPROVEMENT] Global: Ensure thread safety. See [#936](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/936)
+* [IMPROVEMENT] RUM: Use RumFeature#context instead of CoreFeature#contextRef in RumFeature. See [#982](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/982)
+* [IMPROVEMENT] Global: Observe uncaught exception in executors. See [#1125](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1125)
+* [IMPROVEMENT] RUM: Update default values for RUM events. See [#1139](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1139)
+* [IMPROVEMENT] Logs: Add device.architecture to logs. See [#1140](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1140)
+* [BUGFIX] Logs: Make a local copy of tags before creating LogEvent. See [#1172](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1172)
+* [BUGFIX] RUM: Synchronize access to DatadogRumMonitor#rootScope when processing fatal error. See [#1186](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1186)
+* [DOCS] Small Link Nit. See [#1028](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1028)
+* [DOCS] Android Data Collected Edits. See [#1059](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1059)
+* [DOCS] Fix sample in README. See [#1141](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1141)
+* [DOCS] Fix sample code in addAction API. See [#1046](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1046)
+* [DOCS] Fix link to setup facets and measures. See [#1179](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1179)
+* [DOCS] Fix typo in CONTRIBUTING.md. See [#1188](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1188)
+* [SDK v2] Datadog singleton. See [#918](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/918)
+* [SDK v2] Make SDK Features simple classes. See [#928](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/928)
+* [SDK v2] Use TLV format for data storage. See [#931](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/931)
+* [SDK v2] Single Storage. See [#932](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/932)
+* [SDK v2] Create Feature configuration interfaces. See [#933](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/933)
+* [SDK v2] Write batch metadata. See [#943](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/943)
+* [SDK v2] Rework file persistence layer. See [#947](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/947)
+* [SDK v2] SDK v2 upload pipeline. See [#956](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/956)
+* [SDK v2] Data is written in the SDK specific location. See [#975](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/975)
+* [SDK v2] Bring tests back. See [#977](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/977)
+* [SDK v2] Provide core SDK context. See [#988](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/988)
+* [SDK v2] Improvement to the reading batch logic. See [#992](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/992)
+* [SDK v2] Features can store their context in SDK context. See [#1036](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1036)
+* [SDK v2] Use SDK v2 components in the upload pipeline. See [#1040](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1040)
+* [SDK v2] Switch to the SDK v2 storage component. See [#1051](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1051)
+* [SDK v2] Update DatadogCore initialization tests. See [#1056](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1056)
+* [SDK v2] Register V1 features as V2. See [#1069](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1069)
+* [SDK v2] Create storage and uploader outside of the feature. See [#1070](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1070)
+* [SDK v2] Remove DataReader v1 usages. See [#1071](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1071)
+* [SDK v2] Use SDK v2 configuration interfaces for features. See [#1079](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1079)
+* [SDK v2] Simple message bus for cross-feature communication. See [#1087](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1087)
+* [SDK v2] Make Storage#writeCurrentBatch async. See [#1094](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1094)
+* [SDK v2] Use event write context for Logs. See [#1103](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1103)
+* [SDK v2] Use event write context for Traces. See [#1106](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1106)
+* [SDK v2] Use event write context for Session Replay. See [#1107](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1107)
+* [SDK v2] Use event write context in RUM. See [#1117](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1117)
+* [SDK v2] Remove RumEventSourceProvider. See [#1119](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1119)
+* [SDK v2] Use event write context in WebView Logs. See [#1121](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1121)
+* [SDK v2] Make implementations of EventBatchWriter return result instead of using listener. See [#1097](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1097)
+* [SDK v2] Avoid capturing shared state by Event Write Context. See [#1126](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1126)
+* [SDK v2] Move global RUM context into generic feature context storage. See [#1146](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1146)
+* [SDK v2] Improve SDK performance a bit. See [#1153](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1153)
+* [SDK v2] Create implementation of InternalLogger. See [#1155](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1155)
+* [SDK v2] Fix devLogger. See [#1156](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1156)
+* [SDK v2] Prepare merge of SDK v2 branch into develop branch. See [#1158](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1158)
+* [SDK v2] Fix flaky TLV format reader test. See [#1166](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1166)
+* [SDK v2] Improve batch upload wait timeout handling. See [#1182](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1182)
+* [SDK v2] Fix possible crash during the telemetry processing. See [#1184](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1184)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Setup dd-sdk-android-session-replay module. See [#953](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/953)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Add Session Replay Public API. See [#974](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/974)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Add Session Replay Public API tests. See [#985](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/985)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Generate Session Replay modes based on the JSON schemas. See [#986](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/986)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Add Session Replay lifecycle callbacks. See [#993](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/993)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Adapt PokoGenerator and Session Replay models generator to new schemas. See [#1002](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1002)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Add session replay recorder basic logic. See [#1007](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1007)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Intercept window touch events as Session Replay TouchData. See [#1009](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1009)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Processor - process FullSnapshotRecords and dispatch to persister. See [#1013](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1013)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Process Session Replay touch and orientation change events. See [#1014](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1014)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] SnapshotProcessor - process wireframe mutations. See [#1033](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1033)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Add the Session Replay MASK_ALL/ALLOW_ALL privacy strategies. See [#1035](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1035)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Use View hashcode as unique identifier for mapped Wireframe. See [#1037](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1037)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] SnapshotProcessor - do not write anything if there was no mutation detected. See [#1038](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1038)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Create the Session Replay Writer component. See [#1041](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1041)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Send hasReplay property for RUM events. See [#1054](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1054)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Add Session Replay Uploader. See [#1063](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1063)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Fix the mutation resolver alg based on the Heckels definition. See [#1065](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1065)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Use RUM timestamp offset when resolving Session Replay timestamp. See [#1068](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1068)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Correct the way we handle orientation change events in SR. See [#1073](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1073)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Optimize BaseWireframeMapper#colorAndAlphaAsStringHexa function. See [#1077](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1077)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Accept optional Typeface when resolving fontStyle. See [#1082](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1082)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Skip new lines and spaces when obfuscating texts. See [#1078](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1078)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Correctly handle clipped elements and scrollable lists. See [#1101](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1101)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Flush buffered motion event positions periodically. See [#1108](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1108)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Fix source key in SR upload form. See [#1109](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1109)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Increase the screen snapshot frequency. See [#1110](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1110)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Start/Stop Session recording based on the RUM session state. See [#1122](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1122)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Sync SR touch and screen recorders. See [#1150](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1150)
+* [SESSION REPLAY] Correctly resolve ShapeStyle opacity in Wireframes. See [#1152](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1152)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge develop into sdkv2 branch. See [#978](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/978)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Add support to Json Schema's oneOf syntax. See [#976](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/976)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Small fix in the PokoGenerator tool. See [#989](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/989)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Use Gradle lazy API more. See [#996](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/996)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Gradle 7.5. See [#997](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/997)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge develop branch into SDK v2 branch. See [#1034](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1034)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge 1.14.0 release branch into master branch . See [#1048](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1048)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge develop into SDK v2 branch. See [#1052](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1052)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge release 1.14.1 into master. See [#1062](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1062)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge Session Replay branch into SDK v2 branch. See [#1075](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1075)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge develop into SDK v2 branch. See [#1076](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1076)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Apply ktlint 0.45.1 rules. See [#1086](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1086)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Move package from AndroidManifest to namespace plugin config property for Session Replay module. See [#1095](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1095)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge develop into SDK v2 branch. See [#1104](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1104)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Fix caching of models generation task. See [#1111](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1111)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Fix WireframeUtils flaky tests. See [#1113](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1113)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Fix flaky tests in WireframeUtilsTest. See [#1128](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1128)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Next dev cycle. See [#1132](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1132)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Suppress the deprecation of Bundle#get in nightly test. See [#1137](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1137)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Remove non-existent function in dogfood script. See [#1136](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1136)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge release 1.15.0 into develop. See [#1135](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1135)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge release 1.15.0 into master. See [#1134](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1134)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge develop branch into SDK v2 branch. See [#1138](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1138)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Suppress the deprecation of Bundle#get in nightly test. See [#1144](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1144)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Update telemetry schema. See [#1145](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1145)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge develop into SDK v2 branch. See [#1147](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1147)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Add fromJsonElement method to generated models. See [#1148](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1148)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Fix flakiness in DebouncerTest class. See [#1151](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1151)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Fix unit tests flakiness in MutationResolverTest. See [#1157](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1157)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge SDK v2 branch into develop branch. See [#1159](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1159)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Add publish task for the Session Replay module. See [#1162](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1162)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Nightly tests improvements. See [#1163](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1163)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Fix some nightly tests flakiness. See [#1165](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1165)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Update telemetry configuration schema. See [#1175](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1175)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Merge master into develop. See [#1183](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1183)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Apply new detekt configuration. See [#1180](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1180)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Fix flaky BroadcastReceiverSystemInfoProvider test. See [#1185](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1185)
+* [MAINTENANCE] Generated code. See [#1189](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1189)
+
 # 1.15.0 / 2022-11-09
 
 * [FEATURE] RUM: Add frustration signal 'Error Tap'. See [#1006](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-sdk-android/pull/1006)
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/config/AndroidConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/config/AndroidConfig.kt
index a7d6ceaefa..b95a2544b4 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/config/AndroidConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/config/AndroidConfig.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ object AndroidConfig {
     const val MIN_SDK_FOR_COMPOSE = 21
     const val BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION = "33.0.0"
 
-    val VERSION = Version(1, 16, 0, Version.Type.Snapshot)
+    val VERSION = Version(1, 16, 0, Version.Type.Beta(1))
 }
 
 @Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")