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TL;DR
- Google has reportedly responded after some Pixels obtained Android 12 instead of Android 13.
- The corporate says it didn’t make a mistake and that this replace was certainly intentional.
- The Pixel maker says it’ll tweak the messaging within the Android 12 replace notification.
Now, Google has responded to the information in a assertion to 9to5Google. The search big defined that it certainly meant to push out an Android 12 replace to some Pixel house owners working an older model of Android 12. It simply turned out that this older launch coincided with Android 13’s launch.
Take a look at the assertion beneath:
On August 15, Pixel gadgets working an outdated model of Android 12 obtained a notification about a beforehand launched Android 12 replace with bug fixes. The messaging within the notification was complicated with the timing of Android 13, and is at present being modified for readability.
Google’s assertion additional stresses that this Android 12 replace is separate from the Android 13 OTA and that it may take a few weeks for the brand new replace to hit your system.
We’re glad to see the corporate tweaking the notification for this Android 12 replace, as it may’ve in all probability prevented a lot of confusion within the first place. The notification initially advised that Android 12 was a new replace (full with “introducing Android 12” header), whereas there was no point out of Android 13 nonetheless coming.