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Google reportedly responded after some Pixels received Android 12 instead of Android 13. The company says it made no mistake and that this update was indeed intentional. The Pixel maker says it will tweak the messages in the Android 12 update notification.
Now, Google has responded to the news in a statement to 9to5Google. The search giant explained that it actually meant to push an Android 12 update to some Pixel owners running an older version of Android 12. It just turned out that this older version coincided with the release of Android 13. See the statement below: On August 15, Pixel devices running an old version of Android 12 received a notification about a previously released Android 12 update with bug fixes. The messages in the notification were confusing with the timing of Android 13 and are currently being changed for clarity. Google’s statement further emphasizes that this Android 12 update is separate from the Android 13 OTA and that it may take a few weeks for the new update to appear on your device. We’re glad to see the company tweak the notification for this Android 12 update, as it probably could have avoided a lot of confusion to begin with. The notification initially suggested that Android 12 was a new update (complete with the header “introducing Android 12”), while there was no mention of Android 13 yet. Comments
