What you should know
- Google detailed the rollout of its December 2024 safety replace for its Pixel lineup.
- The patch contains 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 neighborhood put up. Google states the replace is rolling out for units starting from the Pixel 6 sequence as much as the Pixel 9 sequence. This patch contains the Pixel Pill alongside the unique Pixel Fold. Homeowners of any of those units ought to quickly discover model AP4A.241205.013 accessible to obtain.
Google says customers ought to discover a notification in regards to the replace’s availability, however you can even test for it manually via your settings (system replace).
The changelog begins by fixing some important 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 units. Moreover, Google is fixing a problem that might see some Pixel 6 telephones restarting when utilizing a USB audio system.
A number of extra Bluetooth points are being mounted for the Pixel 9, which has turn out 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 era.
The rest of the changelog is as follows:
- Normal enhancements for system stability and efficiency in sure situations (Pixel 6/7 sequence)
- Normal enhancements for community connection stability and efficiency in sure situations (Pixel 7, 8, authentic Fold, and Pixel Pill)
- Repair to enhance wi-fi (Wi-Fi) stability and efficiency in sure situations (Pixel 7, 8, and 9)
- Repair for situation sometimes inflicting the lockscreen wallpaper to fade out slowly in sure situations
- Repair for situation with darkish mode settings stability in sure situations
- Repair for situation with delay in name notifications showing in sure situations
- Repair for situation with layouts and animations throughout transitions in sure situations
- Repair for situation with repeating colour choice in Wallpapers & Types in sure situations
- Repair for situation with Wallpaper & Type app crashing in sure situations
- Repair to enhance swipe actions in sure situation
- Repair for situation with notification background colours in sure situations
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 cellphone. 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 data with Gemini.”
The Pixel 9 sequence solely acquired new additions like a revamped Name Display screen powered by Gemini Nano for screening calls. The Pixel Screenshots app additionally acquired upgraded with higher group and the choice of utilizing it in Google Pockets to avoid wasting playing cards like your driver’s license, boarding go, and extra.
Android normally acquired 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 sequence 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 sequence. The cellphone provides an immersive, fluid 6.8-inch show and a big 5,060mAh battery to maintain you scrolling and scrolling.
