Google releases first Android 15 update to Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL

Early Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL shipments have just begun, under two weeks after the trio were presented during the most recent 'Made by Google' event. Unlike previous years, Google has decided to release new flagships running the same version of Android as their predecessors. As a result, the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL will arrive with Android 14 just like the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8a (curr. $499 on Amazon).

However, Google has already opened the option of upgrading its Pixel 9 trio to Android 15 through its Beta Program. Please note that this does not extend to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which Google has not started shipping yet. Nonetheless, we suspect that Google's new foldable will be added to the Android 15 Beta Program shortly after it begins reaching customers.

For some reason, Google has decided against offering the latest Android 15 build to the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL, though. Instead, the company has issued Android 15 Beta 4.2, the third Beta 4 update that it has released so far after Beta 4 and Beta 4.1. Consequently, AP31.240617.015 keeps the three smartphones on the August 2024 set of security patches.