{"id":261553,"date":"2025-10-30T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/261553\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:33:10","slug":"google-posts-surprise-october-pixel-update-builds-doesnt-say-what-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/261553\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Posts Surprise October Pixel Update Builds, Doesn&#8217;t Say What For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google posted new October builds for its entire Pixel line-up today, from the Pixel 7 up through the new Pixel 10 series. They haven\u2019t said what these builds are for just yet, so we\u2019ll assume they are to address a serious bug or two. Because look, we are expecting a November patch by the middle of next week, so there must be something serious enough going on here for Google to send a new build this late in a month.<\/p>\n<p>The new updates simply change the build numbers on global and Japan versions of the Pixel 7 through the Pixel 10 to .B2, .B3, .A3, .W4, and .J6, depending on the phone, plus we get new builds for the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2025\/10\/09\/where-are-the-pixel-6-and-pixel-6-pro-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We still do not have Pixel 6 updates for October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Global<\/p>\n<p>Pixel 7:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel 7 Pro:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel 7a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel Fold: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel 8:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel 8 Pro:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel 8a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel 9: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B3<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B3<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro XL: \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B3<br \/>\nPixel 9 Pro Fold:\u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B3<br \/>\nPixel 9a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.B2<br \/>\nPixel 10:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BD3A.251005.003.W4<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BD3A.251005.003.W4<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro XL: \u00a0 BD3A.251005.003.W4<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro Fold: BD3A.251005.003.E1<\/p>\n<p>Japan<\/p>\n<p>Pixel 9a:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BP3A.251005.004.A3<br \/>\nPixel 10:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BD3A.251005.003.J6<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BD3A.251005.003.J6<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro XL:\u00a0 BD3A.251005.003.J6<br \/>\nPixel 10 Pro Fold: BD3A.251005.003.F1<\/p>\n<p>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>If Google shares any details, we\u2019ll update this post.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 1: Verizon has already posted the updated build numbers, indicating that this update is indeed rolling out today. They added that this update \u201cprovides performance improvements for your device.\u201d<\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark-200.png\"\/><\/a>      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google posted new October builds for its entire Pixel line-up today, from the Pixel 7 up through the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-261553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}