{"id":744427,"date":"2026-08-20T21:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744427\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:18:14","slug":"how-to-download-your-first-pixel-11-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744427\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download Your First Pixel 11 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you open up your new Pixel 11 or Pixel 11 Pro today and start the setup process, be on the lookout for its first software update. Google is pushing an out-of-box Android 17 update, plus there is a Google Play System Update to grab as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/tag\/pixel-11-pro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel 11 series<\/a> phone will be running the June 5, 2026 Android security patch as build CD1A.260618.001.C2 and will then update to the August 5, 2026 update as build CD1A.260714.001.A9. This is likely just a bug fixer, but you\u2019ll want to get current right away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the Google Play System Update, your phone will have the May update out of the box and will the update to the July build.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"980\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"How to download Pixel 11 first software update\" class=\"wp-image-323935\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PIXEL-11-FIRST-UPDATE-980x980.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How to update your Pixel 11 phone<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Updating a Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, or Pixel 11 Pro Fold is an easy process that has not changed in years. It\u2019s the same update process you may have experienced on your old Pixel phone, but there is a step or two difference from Samsung phones.<\/p>\n<p>Open Settings<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down to System and tap<\/p>\n<p>Tap \u201cSoftware updates\u201d <\/p>\n<p>From here, tap on \u201cSystem update\u201d to check for system updates<\/p>\n<p>Or you can tap \u201cGoogle Play system update\u201d to check for those<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll want to do both, although both will require separate restarts<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google has also posted Pixel 11 factory images (<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/android\/images\/#cubs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>) if for some reason you need to recover your phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once you open up your new Pixel 11 or Pixel 11 Pro today and start the setup process,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-744427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}