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Android 15 Hits AOSP Today, Pixel Phones Update in “Coming Weeks”

Kellen September 3, 2024 1

Android 15 is stable and has officially been released, only not on your device just yet. Google pushed Android 15 to AOSP, meaning the code is stable enough for public consumption once your phone maker adopts it and then prepares it as an update. We're not...

Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1.1 Released for Pixel Devices, Including Pixel 9

Tim August 29, 2024 5

Last week, Google released Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1, but didn't include the Pixel 9 lineup. That has now changed, sort of. Beta 1.1 is now available for all Pixel devices dating back to the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, with apparent exception to the Pixel 9 Pro and...

Your Pixel Phone Might Have to Wait Longer for Android 15

Kellen August 26, 2024 7

Outside of the weird release that was Android 12, Google tends to update its Pixel line to the newest version of Android on the same day that it drops source code. They did this for Android 14 and 13 and 11 and 10 and so on. For Android 15, they may go the...

Android 15 QPR1 Beta Now Available to Pixel Devices!

Kellen August 22, 2024 11

Google told us to get ready for Android 15 QPR1 about a week ago, right as the Pixel 9 was announced. Today, they went ahead and released it for almost all of the still-supported Pixel devices. At the moment, Google is only listing the Pixel 6 up through the...

Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro Added to Android 15 Beta

Kellen August 22, 2024 1

Pre-orders of the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL should be arriving on doorsteps today. If you ended up buying one, I'm here to tell you that you can immediately take that Pixel 9 series phone out of the box, walk through setup, and then join the...

Android’s New Anti Theft Feature Now Rolling Out

Tim August 16, 2024 14

Earlier this year, Google highlighted an upcoming anti theft feature for Android devices. Anti Theft Lock is now rolling out slowly to beta users in Brazil, but will be made available more widely should testing go smoothly. When enabled, using a combination of...

Pixel Owners, Here Comes the Android 15 QPR1 Beta

Tim August 14, 2024 6

Google released its final Android 15 beta patch this week and with that comes the start of an entirely new beta: QPR or Quarterly Platform Release. Specifically, this new beta will be for December (QPR1), meaning testers will have early access to to things the...

Android 15 Beta 4.2 Released for Pixel Devices

Tim August 13, 2024

Google just released an updated beta for Pixel phone users, labeled as Android 15 Beta 4.2. The Android team lists this as a minor update, filled with a few bug fixes that address the camera, delayed wake times, and more. A couple things that caught our...