Abstract
- Google’s Android 15 beta timeline led to July, and rumors recommend the brand new model might launch in September as deliberate.
- The August 2024 safety replace for Pixel gadgets consists of bug fixes and enhancements for the show, system, and consumer interface.
- Fixes within the replace can be found for particular Pixel gadgets to handle points like display brightness flickering and reboot loop after manufacturing unit reset.
Google’s beta improvement timeline for Android 15 solely ran by way of July. The truth that we have now made it into August does not imply we’re assured to see the brand new model — in any case, there may all the time be setbacks — however the beta program has progressed predictably, and the latest rumors say we’ll see Android 15 proper on time on the subsequent Quarterly Platform Launch slot in September. With new firmware being launched at present, it seems issues are nonetheless going based on plan.
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Google announced the Android 14-based August 2024 safety replace on its Pixel product boards at present, noting a construct variety of AP2A.240805.005 on most gadgets. The corporate says this replace has already began rolling out to eligible gadgets, which embrace the Pixel 5a 5G and each telephone Google has launched since then.
Nonetheless, Google notes that the rollout is going on in phases, so relying in your machine and provider, it may take so long as every week earlier than it hits your telephone. To see if it is out there, head to Settings → System → Software program updates → System replace → Verify for replace.
Along with safety patches, at present’s replace fixes various points, together with a brightness bug that prompted Pixel 8 and eight Professional screens to flicker in some situations. The bug that was bricking Pixel 6, 6 Professional, and 6a gadgets when customers would manufacturing unit reset them inside quarter-hour of making use of an replace can be addressed, although we have been anticipating that since we noticed it in final month’s Android 15 Beta 4.1 replace.
The Aug 2024 replace consists of bug fixes and enhancements for Pixel customers – see beneath for particulars.
- Repair for subject with display brightness flickering beneath sure situations *[3]
- Normal enhancements for show efficiency and stability in sure situations *[4]
- Repair for subject often inflicting gadgets to be in a reboot loop after manufacturing unit reset in sure situations *[2]
- Repair for stability points when switching from a consumer and not using a display lock, to a consumer with a display lock beneath sure situations *[1]
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Fixes can be found for all supported Pixel gadgets until in any other case indicated beneath. Some fixes could also be provider/area particular.
*[1] Pixel 5a (5G), Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Professional, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Professional, Pixel 7a, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Professional, Pixel 8a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Pill
*[2] Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Professional, Pixel 6a
*[3] Pixel 8 Professional, Pixel 8
August 2024 safety bulletins revealed
This replace additionally consists of the safety fixes outlined in Google’s newly-published August 2024 Security Bulletin for Android. These are divided into two units of Widespread Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) addressed by the patches, with one being dated August 1 and coping with vulnerabilities within the Android system, and the opposite being dated August 5 and addressing dangers in manufacturer-specific parts that are not essentially current in all Pixel telephones receiving at present’s replace.
The primary set of patches comprises fixes for a complete of 14 OS CVEs of excessive severity, and all of those can be coming to Pixels with at present’s replace, supplied they weren’t already fastened individually. The August 5 patches deal with points with 20 Qualcomm parts (together with one critical-severity bug in CVE-2024-23350), 7 further closed-source Qualcomm parts, and 5 CVEs within the kernel, Arm parts, and parts made by Creativeness Applied sciences.
Whereas it is unclear what number of of these August 5 patches can be coming to Pixels, Google has revealed a separate security bulletin only for Pixel-specific patches included within the August 2024 replace. This lists a single high-severity CVE in certainly one of Google’s parts (CVE-2024-32927) and 4 moderate-severity CVEs coping with Qualcomm parts which might be addressed within the replace.
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