How Good is Google’s Big December Pixel Update?

The December replace that Google pushed out this week to all of its still-supported Pixel telephones is an enormous one. It’s a quarterly launch that goals to handle a large record of things, bringing with it bug fixes and enhancements to nearly each space of the a Pixel telephone. For those who personal a Pixel 4a up via the Pixel 7, your replace is fairly significant.

Since most of you need to have it by now, we’re curious how issues have been going? Within the list of 77 bug fixes and improvements, did Google contact on any lingering points you’ve had because the final main replace, that being Android 13? Is your Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Professional working higher than ever? How’s your Pixel 6 fingerprint reader (lol)? Pixel 5 legends, is your telephone nonetheless as wonderful as ever? What’s up Pixel 4a, homies?

As somebody who has been beta testing this Android 13 QPR1 and solely obtained a 6MB replace this week to get me on secure, as an alternative of the 400MB+ replace the remainder of the world acquired, I can’t inform you a lot of what I believe. This model of Android is all I’ve known since September for probably the most half.

Nicely, I assume I can inform you that apart from the tap-to-wake nonetheless being bugged (was imagined to be mounted) and community drops being frequent, the remainder is generally good. Really, since receiving my 6MB replace to secure QPR1, I haven’t had a community drop or observed as a lot of a problem with tap-to-wake. Bizarre.

For individuals who nonetheless haven’t seen the replace, have you ever checked right this moment? We now have instructions here on how to check for updates and manually flash an OTA file that received’t manufacturing unit reset your telephone. Beta people, your replace ought to have already arrived too.

Tell us.