Final month’s Pixel replace was the closing Characteristic Drop for Android 15, because the March 2025 firmware ushered in upgrades for Gemini, Gboard, and extra. With the following quarterly launch set to deliver us Android 16, we’re not anticipating a ton of modifications with the safety patches within the interim. However this month’s Android Safety Bulletin outlines fixes for two zero-day exploits, so the April 2025 replace for Google Pixels is nonetheless an vital one.
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One of many two zero-days patched on this launch (CVE-2024-53197) was exploited within the wild to focus on the telephone of a pupil activist in Serbia, reportedly utilizing instruments from the telephone information extraction firm Cellebrite. The underlying vulnerability affected a core Android USB operate, probably impacting billions of units earlier than in the present day’s replace.
Google indicated {that a} second vulnerability underneath restricted, but lively exploitation was additionally patched on this launch (CVE-2024-53150), however didn’t expose any details about the circumstances across the exploit. The corporate did, nonetheless, point out that the patch for this vulnerability applies to USB parts within the upstream kernel.
Each have been deemed to be of excessive severity within the April 2025 Android Safety Bulletin, one notch under the very best designation Google offers to CVEs. Curiously, there have been 4 vulnerabilities that Google categorized as being much more extreme with a “Vital” ranking (CVE-2025-22429, CVE-2025-26416, CVE-2025-22423, and CVE-2024-45551), however there isn’t any indication that any of those have been actively exploited.
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Along with the upstream Android patches, Google’s Pixel-specific safety bulletin mentions fixes for 3 CVEs that solely pertained to its personal units. Two (CVE-2024-56190 and CVE-2024-56189) have been high-severity vulnerabilities in connectivity parts, and the third (CVE-2025-26415) was given a crucial ranking and had one thing to do with Google Assistant. Sadly, all of those have an asterisk subsequent to their bug ID, which is how Google denotes that specifics across the vulnerabilities are “not publicly accessible.”
At the moment’s replace is not solely about safety
The April 2025 safety replace additionally squashes just a few bugs in your Google Pixel. The launch notes point out points with the fingerprint scanner not working in sure conditions and parts overlapping on the lock display screen being resolved. There was an issue with the digital camera when zooming out and in, and a bug with the Pixel Launcher when creating new person accounts, however Google says each have been fastened. Lastly, a display screen brightness glitch that appeared in sure video apps ought to now be a factor of the previous.
The April 2025 replace contains bug fixes and enhancements for Pixel customers – see under for particulars
- Repair for points with fingerprint recognition and response underneath sure circumstances.*[1]
- Repair for enhancements in digital camera stability when zooming in/out underneath sure circumstances.*[2]
- Repair for difficulty with display screen brightness flickering when utilizing video streaming apps underneath sure circumstances.*[1]
- Repair for difficulty with overlapping views on lockscreen climate clock underneath sure circumstances.*[1]
- Repair for difficulty with Pixel Launcher when creating a brand new person or switching customers underneath sure circumstances.*[1]
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Fixes can be found for all supported Pixel units until in any other case indicated under. Some fixes could also be provider/area particular.
*[1] Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Professional, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Professional, Pixel 7a, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Professional, Pixel 8a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Pill, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Professional, Pixel 9 Professional XL, Pixel 9 Professional Fold, Pixel 9a
*[2] Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Professional, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Professional, Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold
The replace is being made accessible to all of Google’s telephones, tablets, and foldables, from the Pixel 6 right through the brand-new Pixel 9a. It is unclear if this may add Modes to Google’s latest mannequin, together with different Android 15 QPR2 options that we observed have been lacking on our Pixel 9a overview unit.
Google says the rollout will begin in the present day and proceed over the following week, however it might take longer than that relying in your system and provider. To see if the brand new firmware is out there, head to Settings → System → Software program updates → System replace and faucet the Verify for updates button.
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