{"id":224453,"date":"2026-01-07T01:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/224453\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T01:02:10","slug":"googles-pixelsnap-chargers-will-get-firmware-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/224453\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s Pixelsnap Chargers will get firmware updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pixelsnap-charger-puck-on-Pixel-10-Pro.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Just like other modern devices, the Pixelsnap Charger will see firmware updates, with the latest version of Pixel Stand revealing some details.<\/p>\n<p>About APK Insight: In this \u201cAPK Insight\u201d post, we\u2019ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we\u2019re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect. We\u2019ll try to enable those that are closer to being finished, however, to show you how they\u2019ll look in case that they do ship. With that in mind, read on.<\/p>\n<p>On the Pixel 10 series, the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.dreamliner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel Stand app<\/a> is more like a background service. Version 2.2.0.834194002 is widely rolling out today with strings about \u201cPixelsnap firmware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firmware version<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAttach your Pixelsnap charger to view your device\u2019s firmware version\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Checking firmware\\u2026 this may take a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Checking firmware\\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201dCouldn\u2019t get firmware version. Try again later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1675\" data-id=\"700695\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=700695\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Pixelsnap-Charger-settings.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=783\" data-width=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pixelsnap-Charger-settings.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After updating, we\u2019re not seeing this information live. It will presumably appear in Settings &gt; Connected devices &gt; Pixelsnap Charger.\u00a0At the moment, you just have \u201cForget this device\u201d and \u201cDo Not Disturb while docked\u201d like before.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>Additional strings today mention a Google Support article about Pixelsnap firmware. This loads the existing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/answer\/16479972\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn about Pixelsnap accessories<\/a>\u201d page that has yet to be updated to include information about the firmware.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Pixelsnap firmware<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone?p=pixelsnap_firmware_update<\/p>\n<p>Apple also has the ability to update its MagSafe Chargers in a process that happens in the background. Users have no control over it, but Apple does show the firmware version.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear if Google has been releasing Pixelsnap firmware updates since the August launch and is only now surfacing the ability for users to check, or whether this upcoming update will be the first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnfsoftware.com\/?aid=9to5goog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JEB Decompiler<\/a>, from which some APK Insight teardowns benefit.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just like other modern devices, the Pixelsnap Charger will see firmware updates, with the latest version of Pixel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-224453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224453","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=224453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}