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When Google introduced Android 14 QPR2 with the March Feature Drop final week, the US rollout was set to start on March 11. This began taking place for some customers as we speak.

Update 3/12: Verizon house owners are actually seeing the replace this morning (PT). Notably, they’re on the identical AP1A.240305.019.A1 international construct from final week fairly than a carrier-specific model. Many assumed the week-long hole was associated to new builds, however it have have been to service testing/approval as an alternative.

Original 3/11: Last Monday, some Pixel telephone house owners within the US obtained the on-device QPR2 OTA. From what Google formally communicated, that ought to not have been the case.

On March 11, many extra stateside customers obtained the steady replace. Some — however not all — AT&T, T-Mobile, and Google Fi prospects obtained the identical AP1A.240305.019.A1 construct that Google recognized because the “global” software program model. Given the one week hole, we had been anticipating carrier-specific builds, however none have been posted.

Meanwhile, as of Monday, there aren’t any experiences of Verizon prospects receiving QPR2, with these help pages not seeing any updates.

Android 14 QPR2 introduces an expandable Bluetooth Quick Settings and “Share Wi-Fi” within the Internet QS Tile, whereas the Microphone and Camera privateness indicators acquire a “Close this app” shortcut.

There’s additionally an up to date quantity slider with extra Material You, single app display screen recording or Casting, and icons for alarm or DND on the Pixel’s Weather lockscreen clock. A brand new “Previously used with account” part in Settings > Connected gadgets reveals Fast Pair headphones saved to your Google Account.

On the Pixel Fold, the app launcher — which now not truncates app names — accessible from the taskbar will allow you to seek for apps when accessed from the multitasking grid.

There’s a brand new “Your Pixel is up to date” display screen, whereas the package deal title seems within the App data web page, which has a brand new Force cease icon. Speaking of Settings, Google has eliminated Battery info. Meanwhile, there are 34 bug fixes.