Robert Triggs / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google is together with the October 2024 fixes from the Pixel Replace Bulletin and Android Safety Bulletin with the Android 15 platform replace for Pixel units.
- The Pixel Safety Bulletin incorporates 29 fixes particular to Pixel units, together with fixes for 5 vital elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities.
To verify you’re on the most recent replace in your Pixel gadget, go to Settings > About cellphone, and make sure that the Android model exhibits as Android 15 and the Android safety replace exhibits as 2024-10-05. Additional, your construct quantity might be AP3A.241005.015. This is applicable to the next Pixel units:
- Pixel 6
- Pixel 6 Professional
- Pixel 6a
- Pixel 7
- Pixel 7 Professional
- Pixel 7a
- Pixel Pill
- Pixel Fold
- Pixel 8
- Pixel 8 Professional
- Pixel 8a
- Pixel 9
- Pixel 9 Professional
- Pixel 9 Professional XL
- Pixel 9 Professional Fold
The Android Safety Bulletin contains safety fixes that apply to all the Android platform, whereas the Pixel Replace Bulletin restricts itself to Pixel-specific fixes. The Bulletins are listed individually, however each updates are clubbed collectively for Pixel units. For supported Pixels eligible for the platform replace, the replace is rolled out as a part of the Android 15 replace, so this one replace will deal with all the safety patches and the Android platform replace.
To complicate issues even additional, the Android Safety Bulletin incorporates patch ranges 2024-10-01 and 2024-10-05. The primary patch fixes 9 vulnerabilities, whereas the second patch fixes a further nineteen vulnerabilities (although not all fixes will apply to the Pixel, given the {hardware}). The Pixel Safety Bulletin incorporates 29 fixes particular to Pixel units, of which 5 are vital elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities.
If all of this sounds complicated, fret not, as you don’t actually should do something. Merely make sure that your gadget has put in the most recent updates accessible to it. In your Pixel gadget, go to Settings > System > Software program replace and obtain and set up any updates accessible.
Non-Pixel customers may also get the October 2024 Android safety patches, relying in your OEM’s cellphone replace insurance policies. Producers like Samsung are very fast to roll out safety patches for his or her portfolio, so keep tuned for an replace reaching your supported cellphone.
