Google Starts Android 10 Stable Update Rollout for Pixel Phones

Google is now rolling out Android 10 stable update to its Pixel smartphone owners. The update, which is available via both OTA and factory images, is currently rolling out to the Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL. The forthcoming Pixel 4 series are also expected to come with Android 10 out of the box. Alongside Google, Chinese smartphone brand, OnePlus also released first OxygenOS Open Beta Build based on Android 10 to the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro smartphones. Before the stable update rollout, Google released five beta versions of Android 10 to the Pixel smartphones. As for the features, Android 10 brings the much-awaited Dark Mode, new gestural navigation, new privacy controls and it also supports foldable smartphones.

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Android 10 Stable Update Features Detailed

According to Google, Android 10 brings ten major features to the table. Android 10 ships with new features like Live Caption, Smart Reply, Sound Amplifier, Gesture Navigation, Dark Theme, Privacy Controls, Location Controls, Security Updates through Google Play Store, Focus Mode (launched in Beta for Pixel phones) and Family Link which will be available later this year.

Ever since Apple announces gesture navigation with the iPhone X, Google has been making changes on how the stock Android gesture navigation works. With every beta of Android 10, Google made changes to the gesture navigation. Here’s how the final gesture navigation works- users can swipe on the left or right edges to go back, they can go back to Home by swiping from the bottom of the screen, and the app switch can be down by swiping left or right from the bottom edges.