The Pixel 4 and 4 XL’s final assured software program replace has arrived

While the more moderen Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6A all include a promised 5 years of safety updates, the Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL launched in 2019 with three years of assured safety updates. This isn’t essentially the very finish of the street for the Pixel 4 since Google tends to concern one remaining safety patch for end-of-life gadgets a bit after the official help window has closed. More than something, it’s form of symbolic: closing one chapter for an earlier Pixel system as a brand new one arrives.

The Pixel 4 was the primary within the collection to supply two rear cameras moderately than one, which Google caught with even after two or three rear cameras began to develop into the norm. It added a modest 2x telephoto digicam that it paired with its Super Res Zoom expertise to achieve past that restricted focal size. It wasn’t (and nonetheless isn’t, tbh) pretty much as good as optical zoom, however the Pixel 4’s general digicam capabilities were competitive with one of the best dedicated point-and-shoot cameras of the time.

Aside from its significance for the Pixel 4, the October safety patch is obtainable beginning in the present day and offers minor bug fixes associated to audio playback and controls together with UI and connectivity hiccups.