Pixel 6a - Droid Life

January 2025 Android Security Update Available for Google Pixel Devices

Kellen January 7, 2025 19

The first update for Google's line-up of Pixel devices has arrived for 2025, with builds for all still-supported Pixels from the Pixel 6 up through the newly launched Pixel 9 series. The update is expected to be mostly minor with bug fixes, as December was the...

Android 16 Developer Preview 2 Released for Pixel Devices

Kellen December 18, 2024 2

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...

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...

Google Appears to Extend Pixel 6, Pixel 7, and Pixel Fold OS Support for Another 2 Years

Kellen December 5, 2024 6

As a part of this month's December Pixel update, Google appears to have confirmed that they are extending the years of support on some older Pixel devices. Specifically, the Pixel 6, Pixel 7, and Pixel Fold will all see another 2 years of OS updates. At the...

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 9 Pro Fold - Software Update Schedule

Google Pixel Update Schedule: How Long Will My Phone Get Updates?

Kellen December 5, 2024 16

One of the reasons anyone owns a Google Pixel phone is because it receives what is arguably the best level of software support in Android. Samsung has certainly made its case as being the king of updates, but Google is still the quickest most months when it...