Google releases its first Pixel update of 2025 with a fix for themed icons Chris Mendez | usagoldmines.com

Google up to date each of its prereleaseAndroid builds proper earlier than the vacations, however the secure channel hasn’t seen a brand new model for the reason that starting of final month. Now, individuals who put in the December Pixel Function Drop and skilled a number of minor glitches might be blissful to know that the January 2025 safety patches are right here with a number of bug fixes in tow.

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Rolling out beginning in the present day

Google announced its January 2025 Pixel replace in the present day, noting that it’ll start rolling out instantly for some, whereas others may need to attend so long as “a number of weeks” relying on their gadget and service. This model carries a construct variety of AP4A.250105.002 on most gadgets, and it has a safety patch degree of January 7, 2025.

In its announcement, Google highlighted a number of minor fixes coming with this replace, together with ones for audio, video, and digital camera glitches:

Themed icons in darkish mode get a repair

Instantly upon putting in the December 2024 replace, darkish mode customers have been greeted by the light mode versions of Google’s themed home screen icons. Reapplying the icons by long-pressing an empty area on the house display and visiting the Wallpaper & fashion menu made the icons darkish once more, however they have been nonetheless significantly lighter than earlier than the replace.

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Fortunately, there is a easy repair

It is unclear if in the present day’s replace brings again the darker icons of yore, however Google explicitly mentions fixing an “situation with Pixel launcher themed icon colour show in sure circumstances.” So, darkish mode customers who by no means fiddled with their icon settings after final month’s replace ought to not less than see darkish mode icons after this replace. We are going to set up the brand new model shortly to check whether or not the icons are nonetheless significantly lighter than they have been earlier than December.

Safety patches are essential, too

Elsewhere, this replace additionally brings the January 2025 safety patches — each the Pixel-specific ones and the upstream Android fixes.

On the Android aspect, an abnormally excessive variety of Frequent Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) with a “Crucial” designation have been patched, together with 5 within the Android System (CVE-2024-43096, CVE-2024-43770, CVE-2024-43771, CVE-2024-49747, CVE-2024-49748). One other critical-severity CVE coping with MediaTek modems (CVE-2024-20154) was additionally patched upstream, nevertheless it’s unclear if this element is utilized in Pixels.

As for the Pixel-specific patches, Google highlights one other critical-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-53842) within the Baseband subcomponent. This one is listed with the sort “RCE,” which stands for “Distant Code Execution,” which means it had the potential to permit hackers to remotely execute code on Pixel gadgets with out gaining access to the cellphone or pill.

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Rollout particulars

The January safety patches are being made out there to all currently-supported Pixel gadgets, protecting each Google cellphone, pill, and foldable from the Pixel 6 to current. Whereas the rollout begins in the present day, expertise tells us that sure carrier-specific builds could take so long as a number of weeks to change into out there.

To see if this replace is able to set up in your Pixel, head to Settings → System → Software program updates → System replace and faucet the Examine for updates button.

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