Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL and Pixel 4a are end-of-life and shouldn’t be used anymore due to lack of most security patches for firmware and drivers. We’re considering porting them to Android 14 to continue providing extended support longer than initially planned to keep them as a way to preview the current version of the OS despite them not being secure. It will be a significant effort to port them properly without lost functionality and we’re looking for a new developer to fund rather than reassigning any developers from their existing work on the OS.

Tags:

• 2023100900 (Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 5, Pixel 5a, Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, emulator, generic, other targets)

Changes since the 2023100800 release:

• temporarily unsuspend work profiles when resuming them to avoid our stricter pause approach causing issues
• Settings: split title/summary for automatic exploit protection compatibility mode
• Settings: fix upstream bug causing crash when accessing tethering settings from secondary users where they’re unavailable
• System Updater: set foreground service type to special
• System Updater: update minimum and target API level to 34 (Android 14)
• fix port of our change enabling usage timeline for all permission groups
• add back compiling code not built with signed integer overflow checking using -fwrapv to make it well defined
• add back very minor hardening involving making more data read only
• Seedvault: update to latest revision
• Health Fitness: disable functionality for showing available apps, updating apps and sending feedback when Google Play is unavailable (these options may be removed completely in the future)
• Health Fitness: check for Google Play via signature instead of whether it’s a system app to support sandboxed Google Play