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Android 13 Updates Bootloader on Pixel 6 and 6a, Stops Rollback to Android 12

Kellen August 15, 2022 6

As a bit of heads-up here, we wanted to let you know about a change that Google made to the bootloader in Android 13 for the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and Pixel 6a. In short, you won't be able to flash back to Android 12 once you are on Android 13. On the factory...

Nova Launcher 8.0 Beta Arrives, Adds Material You Custom Color Schemes

Kellen July 15, 2022 26

Nova Launcher picked up a substantial update today that you'll want to grab if you want a "rebased" launcher experience with Material You custom colors, new settings, new gestures, and more. Nova Launcher 8 is here in beta form! The changelog is fairly brief,...

Pixel Phones in Android 12 Beta Will Get June’s Update, Then Unenrolled

Kellen June 7, 2022 6

When you think about the Android Beta program, up until this year, that was only supposed to mean a beta program for the upcoming new version release of Android. For the first time ever this year, Google changed that by offering up a beta program for their...

Verizon’s Motorola Edge+ From 2020 Gets Android 12 Update, Likely Its Last

Kellen April 27, 2022 3

Motorola and Verizon are pushing Android 12 to the Motorola Edge+ that they co-released in 2020 at a cool $1,000. Android 12, for those keeping up, has been available for phones to update to since October of last year, so yeah, this seems late as hell. I don't...

New Android OS Rollout Still Very, Very Slow According to Data

Tim April 11, 2022 6

Back in the day, Google used to be very good about providing distribution numbers for Android. We'd see a pie graph with a breakdown of each OS version's portion of the pie. For us, it was a great way to see how well newer versions of Android were being...

Google Releases Android 12 QPR3 Beta 2 for Pixel Phones!

Kellen April 7, 2022 15

Hey, Google just released a new Android 12 Beta update that you can try on your Pixel phone. This is the Android 12 QPR3 program, which will be the big June update once we get there (more on that), but if you want to test that level of build now, you sure can....

Google Releases New Android 12 QPR3 Beta 1.1 Update for Pixel 6

Kellen March 24, 2022 7

Google pushed out a new Android 12 beta update today to the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. This update is a part of the QPR3 beta program that opened up a few weeks back and is currently only targeted at Google's newest phones. The update is labeled as Android 12...

Android 12 QPR3 Beta 1 Now Available to Pixel Phones

Tim March 9, 2022 13

Google announced today that it has released Android 12 QPR3 Beta 1 for select Pixel devices. This beta is for the Quarterly Platform Releases (QPR), something Google announced it would do for Pixel owners back in October of 2021. In this particular beta, you'...