What you want to know
- All Pixel Watch fashions appear to be receiving BP1A.250305.019.W7 construct firmware as a part of the brand new April Put on OS replace.
- Whereas the changelog from Google is but to go dwell, the replace seems to be addressing points similar to delayed notifications and battery-draining issues that arose from the March replace.
- Whereas it’s an April replace, it’s believed to be nonetheless incorporating the March safety patch.
Google is releasing recent updates for its Pixel Watch fashions, which appear to be the month-to-month replace that focuses totally on bug fixes whereas sustaining the safety patch from March.
As famous by 9to5Google, the search large has began rolling out this 12 months’s April replace for the Pixel Watch 3 alongside the older Pixel Watch 2 and the unique Pixel Watch. It’s believed to be primarily based on the Put on OS 5.1 replace, which was rolled out final month. The Android 15-based replace bearing BP1A.250305.019.W7 has began showing on the aforementioned Pixel Watch fashions.
The publication additionally factors out that, in contrast to final month’s updates, which divided the construct numbers amongst smartwatches — with the most recent one, all Pixel Watch fashions are mentioned to be now operating the identical builds. Whereas the changelog of the April replace is but to go dwell on Google’s group web page, the firmware for the above-mentioned Pixel Watch fashions is already dwell on the Google Builders web site.
9to5 additional notes that the replace is primarily targeted on bug fixes and customers would nonetheless be staying on the March safety patch. These bug fixes are prone to tackle the delayed notifications situation and battery draining issues, which surfaced from the March replace, and the corporate promised to roll out a repair quickly. We needs to be understanding extra of the firmware when Google releases the complete changelog this week.
In the meantime, the Pixel Watch, Watch 2, and Watch 3 house owners can both obtain and manually set up the firmware or head over to the smartwatch’s Settings> System> System Updates and look ahead to the OTA replace to reach.
Alternatively, after releasing month-to-month minor updates through the years, Google has introduced that it might be bringing substantial quarterly updates any longer and it began with the Put on OS 5.1 replace in March and the subsequent one is probably going equipped for this June.
