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 OTAs heading out to Pixel C, Nexus Player
Odd that two fairly marginalized frontier devices are getting the minor update first. Maybe it's because everyone's still playing with Android O.
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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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The painful truth: No Google Assistant support for Android tablets, at least not yet
More and more Android Nougat and Marshmallow-powered phones have Google Assistant interaction on the way, but tablets are still left out.
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All signs (and comments) point to no more Google Pixel laptops
Still expecting a third-generation Google Pixel laptop announcement later this year? It's probably not happening, at least not under that name.
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No more 32GB Pixel C Google Store availability, and the 64 gig’s days are also numbered
Still in the market for a powerful but decidedly experimental Pixel C tablet with 32GB storage? You'll need to start looking outside the Google Store now.
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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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Google Play Services rolling out Instant Tethering feature to Pixels, Nexuses
No need to dig through settings and match up Bluetooth codes on the Nexus 9 and Pixel C. They can instantly connect to phones on the same Google account.
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64GB Pixel C is $100 off, Pixel C Keyboard $50 off
If you want an honest-to-goodness deal right now on an Android tablet, you might as well keep it on Google’s official tablet for its own operating system.
That would be the year-old Pixel C. The 32GB Pixel is still going at its original price of $499. Guess what the 64GB version costs these days? Through January 8 at 2:59am Eastern, you can get it for $100 off, or the same $499 as for the 32GB tablet.
Grab a Pixel C Keyboard and you’ll also get $50 off that — just $99.
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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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Refreshing for Android updates? Not with 7.1!
How many times have you heard about an update for your Android phone — finally, FINALLY — that you just wanted immediately, but had no way of downloading and installing other than an over-the-air update? How many times have you mashed that “Check For Update” button?Those presses seem to be numbered now, especially if you have a late Nexus device.Pixel users and
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Android 7.1 Developer Preview out to Android Beta Program users
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A beta update came in from Apple today, now it’s Google’s turn for one.The Nexus 5X and 6P as well as the Pixel C have received a beta level Developer Preview of Android 7.1, the version of the mobile OS that ships with the Google Pixel. Since 7.1 is already final on the Pixel phones, this preview will serve mostly as a weed-whacker mission per device as well as a …
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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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Google WiFi runs on USB Type-C to Pixel C spec
Google engineer and USB Type-C evangelist Benson Leung mentioned a bit of a discovery for Google WiFi, the network-meshing router modules that the company introduced this week.There’s nothing on the router’s spec sheet that just quite mentions what’s going on with the power adapter, — other than it has a 15W maximum, but the device only consumes 9W — but Leung announced that USB-C connectors are on the ...
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