Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Long before Google makes Android 12 available as a stable, user-facing release, it is available in a Developer Preview phase, so that developers are able to prepare their applications and make the ...

Google has made it possible to downgrade from Android 13 to Android 12. The downgrade option is available for the Pixel 6a, Pixel 6, and Pixel 6 Pro. Only developers will be allowed to go back to ...

Before we get to that, it’s worth noting that reverting to Android 12 is prevented for users for a reason. There is a security vulnerability with the previous bootloader on the Pixel 6 series.

With the rollout of Android 13 to the Pixel 6 and 6a, Google posted an interesting warning on the system image website: Once you flash Android 13, you can never go back to the old version. That's ...