Android 12 should be here any day now, but being the first Monday of the month, and Android 12 only hitting AOSP today, Google is instead releasing what should be the final Android 11 monthly security patch. All of the currently supported Pixel phones, from the Pixel 3 up through the new Pixel 5a, are all receiving this new Android 11 patch for October.
Currently, we are seeing new 11.0.0 files for Pixel 5a (RD2A.211001.002, RD2A.211001.001), Pixel 5 (RQ3A.211001.001), Pixel 4a 5G (RQ3A.211001.001), Pixel 4a (RQ3A.211001.001), Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL (RQ3A.211001.001), Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL (RQ3A.211001.001), and Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL (RQ3A.211001.001).
Google did not provide a changelog for this update.
Google should begin pushing these updates shortly (Settings>System>Advanced>System update), but if you don’t want to wait for Google and prefer to update manually, you will find each factory image or OTA file at the links below. For instructions on how to flash a factory image, here you go. For instructions on how to flash an OTA .zip file, here you go.
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Just got my Pixel 6 pro, it updated to the newest firmware and November security patch. I am so glad i am back to Pixel, Google has done a great job.
Went with Nova 7 launcher more customizable.
On Pixel 4, still L3…
Lets hope this fixes the scroll left to see google feed which then crashes 10 times a day-
Checks Widevine…..
Still L3, sigh.
My 4 XL is getting the monthly patch as we speak……
…..but goddammit, I had been under the impression that 12 would start hitting the Pixels today, and so I got all kinds of excited when it said “preparing update” and stayed on that screen for a while. It was pretty deflating when it just turned out to be a garden variety patch. 🙁
I know that we shouldn’t have to wait TOO much longer now. But even a short wait feels like a super long one when you were prepped for none at all. 🙁
The Android 11 security patch will not be the “final security patch” for Android 11 because some OEM manufacturers won’t be offering Android 12 as a mandatory upgrade for months (for some of them years?). For Google Pixel phones, the next “upgrade” will be to the Android 12.
Agreed. This is not the final Android 11 security patch, just the final one for phones that will receive Android 12.
Lame.
Nothing quite yet for the Pixel 5.
It’s available now 8.03 MB.
I received it.
This hints at Android 12 not coming to Pixels this month?????
That seems like the most likely scenario.
I’m going to throw this out there. What if AOSP is Android 12, but when it launches for Pixels it will be 12.1???????
That’s a possibility.
Darn. Hoping it was Android 12. Lame.
Me too. This is really late for the update. The past several years it has been the September update. For a few years before that it was the August update. Now not until November.
Later than usual for sure, but I’d rather have a more stable release than one that was half-baked.
Exactly. I’m sure Covid didn’t help the timeline either.
Android 10 and 11 were September, 7-9 were August, Android 6 October and 5 November.
It’s been awhile but it won’t be the first October-November release.
Considering Covid and the huge overhaul that is Android 12, it’s probably wise to give developers more time with their apps by releasing it to AOSP first. We’ll probably see the final Android 12 build on the same day the new Pixel 6 phones are out.