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04 June 2025 23:40

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1.1
- Build ID: BP31.250502.008.A1
- May 2025 Security Patch
- Play Services: 25.13.33
- Fixed an issue where the navigation buttons would become unresponsive in the app drawer or task switcher
- Fixed an issue where the progress bar in the media player on the lock screen doesn't reflect the place in media
- Fixed a crash when trying to open effects in wallpaper
- Fixed an issue where the settings app would crash after trying to open the battery menu
- Fixed an issue where the lock screen date could get cut off when using a wide clock style
- Fixed an issue where the search button has a different color when scrolling
- Fixed an issue where the approve button in Device Admin settings is missing
- Fixed an issue where dark album labels appeared in the photo picker when in dark mode, impacting readability
- Fixed an issue where the date wasn't appearing on the homescreen
- Fixed a fingerprint authentication failure on a multi-user Android device in certain low-power conditions

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Changes: Android Developers
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11 February 2025 22:05

Google I/O 2025: May 20-21
Further information will be revealed a few days prior to the event, registration is available for free to keep up to date on the event.

Website
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30 January 2025 01:09

The situation is NOT good. (post summarized by ChatGPT)

Hector Martin discusses a controversial forced update for Google Pixel 4a that appears to significantly reduce battery capacity. The update introduces a new kernel, but it was built on an engineer’s personal machine rather than the proper build system, violating GPL rules and showing signs of a rushed implementation.

Critically, the update lowers the maximum charge voltage from 4.44V to 3.95V, which directly impacts battery performance. This change only affects Lishen (LSN) batteries, while Sunwoda (ATL) batteries remain unaffected. A new “debug” battery profile cuts capacity in half (3080mAh → 1539mAh), suggesting deliberate throttling.

Users can check their battery type by looking at the number next to the QR code—8230015901 indicates ATL (good), while 8230020501 is LSN (bad).

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29 January 2025 19:44

New Play Protect features on Android protect against dangerous apps

- Play Protect can't be disabled during calls
- Chrome will ask you to turn on Play Protect before sideloading
- Play Protect will autorevoke permissions for dangerous apps

Details👇

🔗 https://www.androidfaithful.com/google-play-protect-jan-2025/

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08 January 2025 16:42

Google Announces Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program

Google has identified a battery performance issue in some Pixel 4a phones. The Pixel 4a stopped receiving monthly updates in August of 2023 & now Google is rolling a new software update, which is still based on Android 13 to address the issue. Through this, the “Impacted Devices” will have reduced available battery capacity & charging performance will be impacted. To compensate for this, Google is offering several appeasement options to impacted users.

1. Free battery replacement (availability varies by location)
2. $50 USD (or local equivalent) payment
3. $100 USD (or local equivalent) Google Store discount code for a new Pixel phone

NOTE: Not all Pixel 4a devices are impacted. You can check your device’s eligibility on Google’s registration page.
Battery replacement is available at walk-in repair centres in: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore and India. Deadline to file the claim is 8th January, 2026.

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15 December 2024 15:50

Google is switching to MediaTek Modem for the Pixel 10 Series
Source

Google Tensor G5 will be a really interesting watch. That's because:
1. Manufactured by TSMC
2. Not based on Samsung Exynos
3. Flagship MediaTek T900 Modem
4. IMG PowerVR GPU
5. It's Google (iykyk)

Now, for the modem part, Google considered a lot of options including using the flagship Qualcomm X75 modem. Apple is also expected to ditch Qualcomm modem next year starting with the iPhone SE 4

Finally, though, for one reason or another, Google decided to go with MediaTek’s (not yet released) T900 modem instead of using Qualcomm's. Xiaomi will also use this upcoming flagship T900 modem in its in-house SoC scheduled to release next year which is manufactured by TSMC on its 3nm node.

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05 December 2024 19:09

Google officially confirms the Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, and Pixel Fold will get an additional 2 years of OS updates!

The company has updated a support page to mention that these Pixel phones are guaranteed 5 years of updates - including 5 years of OS and security updates - starting from when they went on sale.

This means the Pixel 6 series will get updates to Android 16 and Android 17, while the Pixel 7 series and Pixel Fold will get updates to Android 17 and Android 18.

H/T @nailsad_eleos

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03 December 2024 19:06

BREAKING: Google Announced Changes to the Play Integrity API

Google has announced changes in the tech that powers the Play Integrity API on all devices running Android 13+ (API Level 33). API integrations will automatically transition to the new verdicts in May 2025.

Google is updating the “meets-strong-integrity” response to require a security update within the last year on devices running Android 13 and above. For example, your app could respond differently to the legacy “meets-strong-integrity” definition on devices running Android 12 and lower than to the enhanced definition on devices running Android 13 and higher. However, when the strong label isn’t available for the user, we recommend that you have a fallback option.

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19 November 2024 20:08

😲 Surprise! The first Android 16 developer preview is live!

Android 16 DP1 is here with new developer features like an embedded photo picker, support for medical records in FHIR format, and more.

Here’s everything you need to know.

Google Pixel Hub

12 November 2024 19:36

🐧This is HUGE: Android 15 QPR2 confirms Google is adding a Linux Terminal app, finally

The new Terminal app will let developers run Linux apps in a virtual machine on their Android device.

More details on how this works can be found in my latest article for Android Authority.

Google Pixel Hub

08 November 2024 17:07

Google confirms Pixel 9 Series in India comes with International Warranty

Google has confirmed to Geeky Ranjit (Indian Tech Youtuber) that all Pixel 9 series models including the Pixel 9 Pro Fold comes with International warranty. This means that, if you buy these devices from outside India as they are generally available for quite cheap like in the US due to offers on trade-in, you can easily claim their warranty in India in case of any defects or problems with the handset.

Additionally, Google also opened two new exclusive service center in India in August, specifically in Delhi and Bangalore. The Mumbai Walk-In Centre will open soon.

Google says that these walk-in centres are designed to offer Pixel users top-tier customer service including "same-day repairs for most cases", device replacements, and resolving technical queries. These new Google-operated centres represent an exclusive, Google-owned service model, ensuring that users receive device care directly from the company.

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05 November 2024 03:58

Google Pixel Watch 5 might be powered by custom Google Tensor chipset
Source

After news of Google working on custom architecture for Tensor SoCs for their Pixel smartphones, Google might also be putting a custom chip in its smartwatches instead of using Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear SoCs for wearables. The chip is code-named “NPT” (Newport Beach) and the intended release date is 2026.

CPU:
• 1x Arm Cortex-A78
• 2x Arm Cortex-A55

Google might also be assessing RISC-V as a potential alternative as well. The other details currently remain unknown as all these news are coming from a massive leak of a Google Internal Presentation from last year, which got leaked recently. Since the leaks are quite early, the final specifications could be change in future

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03 November 2024 22:29

BREAKING: Google Tensor G4 Spotted on Geekbench with PowerVR GPU

In a surprising twist, an early prototype of the Tensor G4 with a PowerVR GPU instead of Mali-G715 graphics has arrived on Geekbench. Many people assumed that its the Tensor G5, but in reality its a very early tensor G4 prototype to test and compile tensor new GPU drivers ahead of it final build.

According to some Google AOSP Dev, those chip on Geekbench are just basically tensor G4 with a different NPU under TSMC. So this is just a prototype for Google and Imagination developers to test and optimize the new drivers for the IMG DXT GPU. For the Tensor G5, Google has NOT even finalized the SoC core layout yet (especially the NPU).

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27 October 2024 18:47

BREAKING: Google is developing its own custom architecture for future Tensor chips

Google already has its own custom architecture called 'Cypress' but it is basically for Axion processors for datacenters.

But now, Google is also working on a custom CPU core called 'Orion' that will debut with future Tensor chips, atleast 'after' the Tensor G6. Interestingly, Google is even testing some tensor chipsets clocked at 5.1GHz & manufactured on a 3nm node, likely TSMC.

Coming to the Tensor G6, it will power the Pixel 11 series & is codenamed as 'Malibu'. Although other SoCs will already be built on 2nm chip design in 2026, Tensor G6 will still be manufactured on 3nm node (N3P) by TSMC .

CPU:
• 1x Cortex- X930
• 6x Cortex- A730
SLC: 4MB
RAM: LPDDR5X
So, Tensor G6 will be a '7-core' configuration SoC

GPU:
Don't expect Google to ditch PowerVR GPU quite soon. Tensor G6 will have an IMG EXT GPU, having 3 CU (compute units) running at 1100Mhz. It will support virtualization & ray tracing, both.

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12 October 2024 19:18

Google is testing a new version of Chrome for Android with extensions support

The new Desktop Android project brings browser extensions support to Chrome for Android, but there's a catch: It's not intended for mobile devices at the moment.

More details on this new project can be found in my latest article on Android Authority.

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13 February 2025 20:10

Android 16 Beta 2
- Build ID: BP22.250124.009
- February 2025 Security Patch
- Play Services: 25.04.30
- Elegant font APIs deprecated and disabled
- Hybrid auto-exposure
- Precise color temperature and tint adjustments
- UltraHDR image enhancements
- Content handling for live wallpapers

Download: Factory Images | OTA Images | GSI
Changes: Android Developers
#Updates #A16 #Beta #Pixel @PixelHubUpdates

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04 February 2025 21:00

February 2025 Android 15 Pixel Update
- Build ID: AP4A.250205.002 (Global)
- Audio: Fix for issue with audio output in Android Auto under certain conditions
- Bluetooth [Pixel 9 series]: Fix for issue occasionally preventing connection with certain Bluetooth devices or accessories

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Changes: Pixel Community | Android Security Bulletin | Pixel Security Bulletin
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30 January 2025 00:39

What the actual
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel4a/comments/1id6zw8/attention_google_customer_service_said_device/

Google Pixel Hub

27 January 2025 21:18

🚨 Breaking: Google is releasing most of the source code for Pebble, with its former CEO Eric Migicovsky telling me he plans to build a new watch based on the newly open sourced Pebble OS.

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31 December 2024 01:03

LineageOS 22.1 supports every Pixel device at launch
Just less than a year time, here comes LineageOS with Android 15 QPR1 officially released. Alongside the new Android version, the team also made two new apps: Twelve, a music app with Material You design in mind, and a PDF reader which is actually absent from AOSP since the first day.

If you owned a Google Pixel, the good news is, LineageOS currently provides support for all of the devices on the latest branch. Before the release, LineageOS build roster has a total of 214 devices, with an astonishing 192 devices on the predecessor branch. 128 devices got promoted with an addition of 4 new Pixel devices that were released this year are receiving Android 15 builds. At the same time, 22 devices on the oldest active branch got dropped off.

The sub-version will indicate which QPR you are currently on, so with Android 16 QPR2, that will be LineageOS 23.2, you get the idea. For more information, check the full blog here.
#News #Pixel #LineageOS @PixelHubUpdates

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06 December 2024 08:10

Google Pixel 9a Engineering Prototype Leaked

After Pixel 9a real images got leaked previously from the Compal Factory Google on Vietnam, now the Pixel 9a EVT 1.0 Prototype has appeared (Engineering Validation Test)

The original source is unknown, however Google will be able to easily catch the leaker because the IMEI number of the device is leaked as well.

Codename: Tegu
Display: 6.3-inch Actua display 120Hz OLED
Modem: Exynos 5300 (same used in Pixel 8 series)
Chipset: Tensor G4
Battery: Upgraded to 5,000mAh

Pixel 7a and 8a features 64MP main sensor (IMX 787). However, Pixel 9a will get a 48MP main camera but the sensor is currently unknown.

Pixel 9a is also rumoured to debut quite early this time i.e in March 2025 instead of May

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04 December 2024 20:53

📄 Native PDF support is coming to Chrome for Android, and you can try it now

Google Chrome is adding support for Android's new, enhanced PDF reader library, allowing it to open PDF files without the use of third-party apps.

Details + how to enable it can be found in this article on Android Authority.

Google Pixel Hub

19 November 2024 20:08

📲Android 16 may be coming to the Pixel 6!

A Google spokesperson said Android 16 DP1 is available for the Pixel 6 (+ Pro), which are no longer guaranteed to get Android OS updates! This is a good hint they’ll receive Android 16 anyways.

Here’s why.

Google Pixel Hub

19 November 2024 06:49

Wow: the DoJ's antitrust enforcers are "set to propose that Google uncouple its Android smartphone operating system from its other products, including search and its Google Play mobile app store," according to Bloomberg.

The DoJ has reportedly also "pulled back from a more severe option that would have forced Google to sell off Android," but forcing the company to stop bundling GMS would still be huge.

Details are sparse on what exactly this would mean. Notably, device makers can technically already ship Android without GMS (it's just AOSP in that case). However, if they want the Play Store and Play Services (which they do because that's where all the apps/useful APIs are), then they currently have to bundle Chrome, Google Search, and other Google apps as well.

The EU already put an end to the forced bundling of Google Search and Chrome, which is why there's a separate GMS license for EEA launches. But that hasn't happened in the U.S. yet, which is possibly what the DoJ wants to see happen.

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08 November 2024 19:51

📱You've probably heard that LTPO OLED phones support variable refresh rate ...

but did you know that Android hasn't supported true VRR until now?

That's right - Google says Android 15 finally enables variable refresh rate support!

More details can be found in this article.

Google Pixel Hub

07 November 2024 18:39

Pixel phones banned in Indonesia even though Google doesn't sell them there officially

Indonesian law mandates that foreign companies need to provide 40% local content as a part TKDN certification. Companies can fulfill those requirements by either manufacturing products locally, developing software locally or setting up R&D centers. Apple shortfall of 15$ Million investment in the country & thus the Indonesian Govt. ordered a sales ban on iPhones 16 series and Watch 10 series.

However, Apple officially sells iPhones in Indonesia unlike Google. Residents needs to import Pixels in the country, still the Indonesia Govt. ordered a sales ban on a product which isn't even sold officially in the country.

However, the restriction does NOT affect tourists or local residents who wish to purchase a Pixel outside of the county & legally import it by paying taxes properly. Additionally, the authorities are considering deactivating Pixel devices that are brought into the country illegally.

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04 November 2024 04:23

CORRECTION: It is indeed the Tensor G5 which was spotted on Geekbench

Known leaker, Kamila Wojciechowska has confirmed that the Geekbench listing of 'Google Frankel' is indeed about the Tensor G5 A0 revision chip as Frankel is the codename of the base Pixel 10.

Ofcourse its NOT the final yet as there is gonna be atleast one more revision. The previos leak about it being Tensor G4 with PowerVR GPU is WRONG because the Tensor G4 prototype had an IMG CXT GPU instead of DXT.

Thus, the G5 leaks were correct!
It will indeed feature PowerVR GPU as the Geekbench database confirmed it being D-Series DXT-48-1536 GPU by Imagination Technologies (IMG).

For the CPU part,
• 1x Cortex-X4 @ 3.4GHz
• 5x Cortex-A725 @ 2.86GHz
• 2x Cortex-A520 @ 2.44GHz

Geekbench 6 scores
Single-core: 1323
Multi-core: 4004
However, the processor frequency was around 2GHz when it was run at Geekbench.

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30 October 2024 20:34

Here's a first look at Android's upcoming all-in-one Terminal app, which downloads, configures, runs, and interfaces with an instance of Debian running a virtual machine!

Currently, the Debian images are hosted on a Googler's GitHub, but Google plans to host these images themselves soon. For more info on this Terminal app, check out this article.

(Thanks to an anonymous dev for sharing this!)

Google Pixel Hub

26 October 2024 07:18

BREAKING: Google Tensor G5 Specification Leaked

Google’s Tensor G5 to power the Pixel 10 series next year will be designed internally by Google themselves without relying on Samsung for the bulk of the work. It will be manufactured on TSMC 3nm node process.

Tensor G5 CPU: codenamed 'Laguna'
SLC: 8MB
RAM: LPDDR5X (8533 Mbps)

• 1x Cortex-X4
• 5x Cortex-A725
• 2x Cortex-A520
Sadly Google is NOT using ARM's latest X925 cores which debuted with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 recently.

TPU:
The TOPS value is 18 / 9 TOPS (INT8/FP16), making it 40% larger compared to Tensor G4 but it will be around 15% faster only. The improved TPU also comes with a few new features for Google’s developers, such as small embedded RISC-V cores to allow running operations that are not implemented in hardware, as well as support for on-device training.

GPU:
This is the MOST disappointing part of the whole G5 chip. That's NOT because Google is ditching Mali GPU, but because Tensor G5 will feature PowerVR GPU from Imagination technologies — IMG DXT-48-1536 clocked at 1100MHz.

These GPU are mostly used by UNISOC in their chips for smartphones. The only reason why Google switched to PowerVR GPU is due to virtualization support. It also supports Ray tracing, however, the GPU will just have 2 CU (compute units) only in 2025 for 1000$ flagship phone

Now, to get your an idea of how fast would be the GPU, some crazy people calculated the expected benchmarking value of OpenCL compute & it will score around ...... well ........ 🤫 Let it be a surprise for Pixel fanbois.

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11 October 2024 21:00

Here's a demo of Android's in-development Terminal app for running Linux apps!

The Terminal app currently doesn't automatically download and configure the Linux VM for you, so the developer who sent me this had to use the LinuxInstaller app to download Debian.

(I sped the video up a bit in the middle because it takes some time to boot the VM for the first time.)