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Android 16 Developer Preview 2 Released for Pixel Devices

Kellen December 18, 2024 1

It's still hard to grasp this new world we are in now, with Google back to releasing multiple versions of Android in a single year, or at least letting us test them. But that's the story to end 2024. We have already put Android 16 on some Pixel devices in a...

Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2 Released for Pixel Devices

Kellen December 16, 2024 3

It may be the holiday season, but that won't stop Google from releasing Android updates for Pixel phones. To start this week, Google gave us Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2, with several bug fixes included. For Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2, Google has continued to make this...

Google’s Pixel Camera Update Returns Quick Access Controls, and Folks are Happy

Kellen December 13, 2024 1

As a part of the December Pixel Feature Drop, Google rolled out an update to the Camera app on Pixel phones that should bring the version to 9.7. In this update, an old feature that was weirdly removed has made its return and folks are quite excited about it....

T-Mobile Pixels, Your December Update Builds Have Arrived

Tim December 10, 2024 8

Google Pixel owners on T-Mobile now have access to factory images and OTA builds for the December update that was announced just earlier this month. Over on Google's website, we are seeing builds for Pixel devices such as the latest Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro...

December Pixel Update Bug Fix List Contains 16 Items

Kellen December 5, 2024 11

Alongside the long list of Feature Drop goodies included in the December Pixel update, Google has also provided the list of noteworthy bug fixes that were a part of this quarterly platform release. There may not be dozens and dozens of items like we have seen...

December 2024 Android Security Update Available for Google Pixel Devices

Kellen December 5, 2024 22

Google released the December Pixel update this morning and it happens to be the stable version of Android 15 QPR1 that we have been testing since August. These QPR builds are typically quite large, and that's the case again here. In addition to this being a...

December Pixel Feature Drop is Here: 20+ New Features and Changes Included

Kellen December 5, 2024 2

Google has released the December Pixel update and as expected it is the December Pixel Feature Drop. We knew this was coming because we have been testing this build of Android for months now as Android 15 QPR1, which is a big quarterly update that typically...

Pixel Owners Can Now Check Their Device Temperature

Tim December 3, 2024 8

In a recent update to the Pixel Troubleshooting service, Google has added in the ability for Pixel 6 through Pixel 9 device owners to manually check a device's temperature. This is great for troubleshooting scenarios, plus Google lists all sorts of useful...