{"id":164895,"date":"2025-12-02T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/164895\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:55:08","slug":"your-google-pixel-phones-huge-december-update-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/164895\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Google Pixel Phone&#8217;s Huge December Update Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google released the December Pixel update today that also happens to be Android 16 QPR2, which we\u2019ve all been testing for several months. In fact, if you joined the QPR2 Beta early, you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/08\/20\/whats-new-in-android-16-qpr2-beta-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have had this software since August<\/a>. This is a large update that touches the Pixel 6 up through the new Pixel 10 series. Yes, the Pixel 6 is finally getting a fresh update.<\/p>\n<p>The update will rollout as early as today under several build numbers that we have included below. There will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/12\/02\/december-pixel-bug-fix-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at least 32 noteworthy bug fixes<\/a> in the build as well, since this is a quarterly update. Unlike last month\u2019s update that was technically a Pixel Feature Drop alongside a security patch, this one is actually big and contains several changes that you\u2019ll notice and doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/11\/18\/pixel-themes-wicked-for-good-advertisement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">include an advertisement for a movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We have a full write-up on all of the 9 new Pixel features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/12\/02\/google-added-9-sweet-new-features-to-your-pixel-in-big-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Global<\/p>\n<p>Pixel 6:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 6 Pro:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 6a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 7:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 7 Pro:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel Tablet:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel Fold:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 8:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 8 Pro:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 8a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 9:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro XL:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro Fold:\u00a0 \u00a0BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 9a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 10:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro XL:\u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro Fold:\u00a0 BP4A.251205.006<\/p>\n<p>EMEA<\/p>\n<p>Pixel 9: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BP4A.251205.006.A1<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.A1<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro XL: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.A1<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro Fold:\u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.A1<br \/>\nPixel 10:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.A1<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.A1<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro XL: \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.A1<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro Fold:\u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.A1<\/p>\n<p>Japan<\/p>\n<p>Pixel 9a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.C1<br \/>\nPixel 10:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.C1<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.C1<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro XL: \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.C1<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro Fold:\u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.C1<\/p>\n<p>Verizon<\/p>\n<p>Pixel 9a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP4A.251205.006.B1<\/p>\n<p>Again, Google (and its carrier partners like Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&amp;T) will begin pushing these updates over-the-air shortly (Settings&gt;System&gt;Software updates&gt;System update), but if you don\u2019t want to wait for Google and prefer to update manually, you will soon find each factory image or OTA file at the links below. For instructions on how to flash a factory image,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2013\/11\/05\/how-to-flash-nexus-5-factory-images\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here you go<\/a>. For instructions on how to flash an OTA .zip file,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2020\/01\/02\/get-faster-pixel-updates-adb-sideload\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here you go<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"63\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Add Droid Life as a preferred source on Google\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark-200.png\"\/><\/a>      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google released the December Pixel update today that also happens to be Android 16 QPR2, which we\u2019ve all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-164895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}