Google crushes all hopes of future OS updates and security patches for ancient Nexus Player

It was easy to predict but that doesn't make it any less sad. Discontinued way back in 2016, Google's Nexus Player is officially reaching the end of the road in terms of software support as well.

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KRACK patch for Pixel and Nexus devices due in December

On the whole, it's safe for Android devices to interact with Wi-Fi
— even with the KRACK bug in effect — but it'd be nice to get that patch expedited.

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Pixel and Nexus devices do not get November 6 level patch for KRACK

Those devices have the November 5 level patch, which does not have the fix. Let's hope Pixels and Nexuses get there sooner rather than later.

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November patch out for Pixel 2 XL and others, but OLED and bugfixes are big

The month's security update is out with patches to combat KRACK and system vulnerabilities. The Pixel 2 XL is the biggest beneficiary.

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Android security patches for July are up for Nexus, Pixel devices

Right after HMD Global updated its Nokia 6 devices in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The big fixes in this set of patches include a major media framework hole.

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Android O Developer Preview 3 out with final APIs

Android app developers are being urged to work on their products and implement new APIs in time for Android O's final launch in mere months.

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Nexus and Pixel security update for June patches major Qualcomm holes

Qualcomm is fixing some major security holes with this late update, but Android stays at the general 7.1 level and on Nougat.

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Android 7.1.2 images are out for all applicable Nexus and Pixel devices

After hints of the update moving to a limited device pool over the weekend, we disseminate the build names for some clues as to how the sausage gets made.

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Android 7.1.2 beta 2: Pixel C gets new launcher, Nexus 6P gets fingerprint gestures

The Pixel C finally gets a launcher of its namesake while the Nexus 6P finally gains something its lesser sibling could do since a while back.

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Android 7.1.2 Nougat beta underway today, final release expected in a couple of months

Nougat's next maintenance release is Android 7.1.2, already heading out to select Pixel and Nexus devices in public beta form.

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Android 7.1.1 Nougat launches

The images are ready and out there and so will be the over-the-air updates in a few weeks’ time.

Android 7.1.1 Nougat, the first iterative software update for the new Google Pixel and Pixel XL, has been released to the devices and is being distributed to eligible devices over what we believe to be the next several days via general OTA or Android Beta Program OTA, if applicable — in addition to the Pixels, those are the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, both Wi-Fi and LTE versions of the Nexus 9, the Pixel C and the General Mobile 4G on Android One.

The update brings the API level to 25 and standardizes bottom-paradigm navigation menus in apps, robust support for image keyboards, app shortcuts and more.

Images are available to be flashed from the Google developers file bay. Excluded at this point are Nexus 6P users on Verizon and the Nexus 6, but we suppose proper updates for those devices will come in time.

Verizon has also listed Android 7.1.1 availability on its site. A full list of fixes and improvements can be found here, but major changes have to do with voicemail, corrupted text and call medium preferences (Wi-Fi versus cellular).

Build names are different per device category:

  • For most Nexus devices, it is NMF26F
  • The Nexus Player’s build is called NMF26J
  • The Pixel C’s build is NMF26H
  • The Pixel phones’ builds are NMF26O

Android Maintenance Previews continue to be built and devices enrolled in the Android Beta Program will be updated when they are released.

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Android 7.1 Developer Preview teased, could be finalized in December

Android’s next incremental upgrade has officially been outed. It will still be called Nougat, but it will move up a point to 7.1.So, what’s going on in this API of APIs (#25)?Well, for one, developers have a new app shortcuts API that lets users go to up ...

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Nougat rollout for Nexus 6P is indeed delayed, Huawei still working on it

While it’s definitely no big surprise to see the latest Android flavor kept exclusive to Nexus devices several weeks after its public, out-of-beta debut, as third-party OEMs need extra optimization, i.e. bloatification, time, it’s completely unacceptable that ...

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