Immediate fix for me:
I had inadvertently enabled "FileVault" when setting up new 13" MBP. Disabled it and had no problem installing Big Sur after that.
Hope that helps.
sashag
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Same. Fresh out of box 2020 MB pro 13 — did initial Catalina update, too. Beta worked fine on previous MB pro 15 (mid 2017)