Your Pixel is getting even better...
Your Pixel is getting even better...
Hot damn that's a large update! Anyone know what's in it?
E: It's QPR2.
I bet you can learn more if you hit that link where it says "learn more"
...and you follow the link and the details are "Fixed bugs and improved stability"
Exactly. The list there tends to "underrepresent" the changes, especially when there's such a large delta.
E: Found it - QPR2 is part of this update. Something which isn't called out in the Pixel update bulletin.
If im right (been a long time since i rooted a modern android), the pixel uses an A/B immutable partition scheme, so each update is a full new base OS uploaded in, then user data is moved over.
Hope someone who knows more bout this can confirm
Whether it uses physical A/B, virtual A/B, the updates are delivered as deltas from the previous version. Typically monthly updates range between several megabytes and tens of megabytes. Hundreds of megabytes implies a lot of system changes. The delta is used to create a full new base OS partition by combining the currently active partition with the delta. The result is written to the inactive partition. On Pixel, there are no physical A/B partitions anymore. Instead Linux logical volumes and snapshots are used, but the effect is the same as having physical A/B during update. Post update the inactive "partition" is removed and there's a single active volume till the next update.
Delayed for US carriers?