What it’s essential to know
- Google detailed the rollout of its December 2024 safety replace for its Pixel lineup.
- The patch consists of much more Bluetooth fixes alongside fixes for show points, audio issues, and digital camera woes.
- This safety replace joins Google’s busy week after dropping its main December characteristic drop for Pixels and Android.
Google has began pushing its newest month-to-month safety replace to a bunch of eligible Pixel telephones.
The corporate revealed the patch notes for its December 2024 safety replace by way of a Pixel community post. Google states the replace is rolling out for gadgets starting from the Pixel 6 collection as much as the Pixel 9 collection. This patch consists of the Pixel Pill alongside the unique Pixel Fold. House owners of any of those gadgets ought to quickly discover model AP4A.241205.013 out there to obtain.
Google says customers ought to discover a notification in regards to the replace’s availability, however it’s also possible to examine for it manually by means of your settings (system replace).
The changelog begins by fixing some essential audio points. The put up says that the December replace fixes “audio stability and efficiency” beneath sure conditions for Pixel 7, Pixel 8, and Pixel 9 gadgets. Moreover, Google is fixing a problem that will see some Pixel 6 telephones restarting when utilizing a USB audio gadget.
A number of extra Bluetooth points are being fastened for the Pixel 9, which has grow to be fairly a development in latest historical past.
Digicam enhancements are hitting the Pixel 6 alongside some critical “inexperienced tint” points for the previous technology.
The rest of the changelog is as follows:
- Normal enhancements for system stability and efficiency in sure circumstances (Pixel 6/7 collection)
- Normal enhancements for community connection stability and efficiency in sure circumstances (Pixel 7, 8, authentic Fold, and Pixel Pill)
- Repair to enhance wi-fi (Wi-Fi) stability and efficiency in sure circumstances (Pixel 7, 8, and 9)
- Repair for situation often inflicting the lockscreen wallpaper to fade out slowly in sure circumstances
- Repair for situation with darkish mode settings stability in sure circumstances
- Repair for situation with delay in name notifications showing in sure circumstances
- Repair for situation with layouts and animations throughout transitions in sure circumstances
- Repair for situation with repeating shade choice in Wallpapers & Kinds in sure circumstances
- Repair for situation with Wallpaper & Type app crashing in sure circumstances
- Repair to enhance swipe actions in sure situation
- Repair for situation with notification background colours in sure circumstances
Google’s December patch arrives shortly after the debut of its newest characteristic drop for Pixels. These updates will seemingly arrive shut collectively when updating/putting in in your telephone. Extra particularly, the newest characteristic drop brings new goodies to Gemini on Pixel like a Spotify extension, calling/texting capabilities for the AI, and “Saved information with Gemini.”
The Pixel 9 collection solely obtained new additions like a revamped Name Display powered by Gemini Nano for screening calls. The Pixel Screenshots app additionally received upgraded with higher group and the choice of utilizing it in Google Pockets to avoid wasting playing cards like your driver’s license, boarding cross, and extra.
Android generally obtained a serious replace, in addition to the Pixel Watch and Nest.
Google’s patch notes for its safety replace reiterated the choice to grant the Pixel 6, Pixel 7, and Pixel Fold two extra years of OS updates. This now makes it so the oldest of the three collection is eligible for Android 16, which ought to arrive a lot earlier in 2025.
Arriving as the biggest of the Pixel 9 slab telephones, the 9 Professional XL is the brand new child on the block for Google’s 2024 flagship collection. The telephone gives an immersive, fluid 6.8-inch show and a big 5,060mAh battery to maintain you scrolling and scrolling.