Ron Amadeo
Google is back on the Pixel 6 update horse. After numerous delays and a recalled update, the company finally caught up on fixes for its flagship smartphone last weekend. Assuming all goes well, this will be the first stuck Pixel 6 update since November.
Software updates are supposed to be a major selling point of the Pixel line, but Google hasn’t done so well in delivering them. The phone shipped with the “November” Android security patch, and in mid-November Google patched the fingerprint reader. Early December should have brought the December security patch to the Pixel 6, but Google delayed this update in the middle of the month, saying that a mile long list bugfixes would be included with it. The Pixel 6 December update rolled out mid-month, but Google didn’t push the update to most users. The business has ended pull update due to connectivity issues and some broken features. January went by with more security patches and a fix for Android’s emergency call issues, but the Pixel 6 also didn’t receive that patch in time, with Google saying the update would be published “at the end of January”. Well, the time has finally come. Last weekend, Google began releasing the January security patch for Pixel 6 users. For most users, this will be the first patch since November. The update includes everything in the November and December Android Security Bulletins, More those of them sets of Pixel 6-specific bug fixes. The list goes on forever. The update is rolling out and I was able to pull it on demand by pressing the “Check for Updates” button.
Since its launch, the update situation of Pixel 6 has been a disaster. The phone saw the release of a major new version of Android, Android 12, and an all-new hardware lineage, with the Pixel 6’s “Google Tensor SoC” representing a move from Qualcomm hardware to an SoC and modem. based on Samsung Exynos. as the Pixel 6 was rushed to market ahead of the holiday shopping season, and Google obviously bit off more than it could chew. Hopefully the Pixel 6 update issues are behind it, because that’s is one of the best Android phones available.
