hi everyone Aaron here for ZolloTech and the December update for Google pixel
phones as well as essential phone and some other phones is now available and
you can install it either over-the-air on a pixel 3 3 a XL or any of the pixel
devices however there are a couple exceptions for example this is the last
update that the original pixel and pixel XL will receive it will no longer
receive any updates so this is the last update so make sure you install this
it's got a bunch of security updates I'll talk about in a moment but it's the
last one for this device now the other exception is depending on when you're
watching this if you have a pixel 4 or 4x he'll the update is not available yet
but it will be available next week or one week from when they released it
according to Google so the update has a lot of fixes for the pixel 4 and 4 XL
but it's not available yet but the update is available for all the other
pixel devices so let's go over what's new and the first thing is the build
number and the build number can vary depending on device and region so I'll
just go over what we have here we have QQ 1 8.1 9 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 and that's on
the three axl now as far as the updates and things one of the things that people
have noticed is that the gesture navigation that I have here will now
work with third-party launchers on older devices so if you have a pixel 2 or 2 XL
or 3 or 3a or any of those you should be able to use the gesture navigation with
the actual launcher that you're using it not just the stock pixel launcher so if
you've been wanting to do that you should be able to do that now there are
specific fixes and a lot of them will carry over to the pixel 4 only but let's
go over them one by one now on the pixel form if you were having static when you
were playing Spotify that should now be resolved so that will be fixed once it's
available for the pixel 4 and for excel also for the same device is there's a
fix for background audio static in third-party camera apps so if you're
using a third-party app you're not using the stock camera app for the pixel
should fix any of the static issues also in the bootloader dark mode is now
supported on the pixel for in for Excel so whatever the bootloader is on here
when you're booting up if it was just a white background it will now be a dark
background if you're using dark mode and then on the pixel 3 3 a 3 a excel 4 and
for excel there's now a fix for bluetooth pairing when it loses that
information so if you were having issues with bluetooth just losing that
information that should now be resolved on the all those devices that I
mentioned now on the pixel 4 and for XO there will be a fix for pairing it with
Garmin devices so if you were having an issue pairing this with a Garmin watch
or accessory that should now be fixed as well there's also a fix for the display
on the 4 and 4 XL for screen flicker so in various use cases if you were having
the screen flicker I've seen a lot of people say they've had this that should
be resolved as well they've also improved haptic vibration intensity in
certain cases with the foreign 4xl so maybe it wasn't working well or it
wasn't consistent throughout it will now work properly
they've also fixed misaligned device orientation in certain cases so maybe it
was rotated to the side in a certain app that should be resolved as well and if
the device orientation was incorrect it should be fixed on the 4 and 4 XL now
the final fix that they mentioned specifically carries from the pixel 2
all the way to the pixel 4 and all the devices in between and that is a fix for
the Google paycard display in the power menu so when you push power if you have
your Google card in here it should fix that if it wasn't showing properly I
don't have it set up but if you have it set up it should work properly now those
are the specific fixes that Google actually calls out in this update
bulletin but they also said in addition to the specific items listed the
December update includes hundreds of various fixes and improvements across
many areas including performance stability camera display and face unlock
so maybe we'll get that face on lock improvement where you can't just have
your eyes closed and still have it unlocked maybe that will be fixed well
only know that for sure in a week or so when the actual update is released for
the for and for Excel now there are many security fixes I'll link all that
information in the description if you want to read it yourself but there are
moderate to high security updates there are seven framework fixes to media
framework fixes eight system fixes one media codec fix three kernel component
fixes 12 Qualcomm components and then 10 Qualcomm closed source components
security fixes all of those security fixes are included in this December
update now as far as performance on these devices even on the slower three
axl I haven't seen any performance issues everything seems to be nice and
fast if you want to go into the camera it launches pretty reasonably I really
have not had any issues whatsoever as far as speed or anything working
properly let's hit try again here but everything
seems to be super fast and smooth and I really have no issues whatsoever with it
so I really like that Google tells us exactly what's in these updates and how
often they're being released now I highly recommend you install this update
especially if you have a pixel or pixel XL since it's the last major update
where you'll get all of these security fixes for this device I definitely
recommend installing it but let me know what you think about this update in the
comments below have you already installed it are you going to sideload
it usually I have to sideload it in order to get it in time but I just
wanted to let you know all of the different features and then next week if
we see anything new I'll do a follow up with it on the pixel 4 or 4 XL but let
me know your thoughts in the comments below if you'd like to get your hands on
this wallpaper of course I'll link it in the description is I always do if you
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next time