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So, Google's done something really sneaky, dropping that QPR2 update early, but that means a boatload of resolutions for your phone. So, strap in. We'll get into the details for all the devices and all the fixes. I'm going to level with you for a second, though. First, I know when you're not subscribed to the channel. I can sense it, and I know you like good in-depth tech content. So, how about you do me a solid by hitting that subscribe button right now? It helps me out hugely. You get plenty of great coverage like this. I'll leave it up to you, but I don't think you should miss out. Cheers. So, the biggest round of refinements in this update actually center around daily system UI interactions across all supported Pixel
models. I think that's from the 7A right through to the Pixel 11 series. First off, you'll get app thumbnails in the overview recent section. This is going to have a well, it did have a bad habit of getting stuck in a lock state or failing to register any touch input when you were scrolling or touching them. They've be there. This has been completely fixed here. Dynamic system theming has also seen a tuneup in this update. It kind of auto extracts pallet colors that were occasionally kind that would shift across to your entire system leading to some low really low contrast scenarios where notification contact content could become unreadable especially after applying specific lock
screen or wallpaper theme colors. So yes, that is resolved here in QPR2. Part of that is due to that new theming system. Interactive gestures and UI bugs have taken a really front seat in this release as well. Pixel owners will notice that their notification shade, which occasionally would occasionally ignore downward swipe gestures, now responds a lot more reliably. It's a lot smoother. For those who like tweaking their visual setup, the wallpaper and style application have received some major stability fixes here. So, there's no issues where app would crash unexpectedly when trying to apply or select custom clock styles. So, hopefully that means you can have more fun theming your device. System
navigation sees similar attention. The taskbar layout inconsistencies on those wider displays has been rectified. Notification snooze controls expand properly on demand and the quick switch gesture no longer breaks or freezes when circle to search is active on your screen. Power management is always one of those areas we need lots of fixes and there is a key fix here for this release. So across all supported devices, actually I was incorrect slightly earlier. It's a Pixel 6A right through to the Pixel 11 series. Google has resolved an issue causing the charging indicator icon to display on screen even when no charger was physically connected. Sometimes you might have unplugged it and plugged it back in. It would just stick around. I
had that a few times on my Pixel 11. So, I'm glad to see that's resolved. Furthermore, general display and graphics performance has received a pretty bit well some broad maintenance across every supported model. Google has implemented a lot of stability tweaks and the rendering pipeline upgrades that have been added here keep the transition smooth under lots of heavy loads. So, if you're running lots of things once at a time, it should run a little bit smoother for you. Biometrics and system transitions also feel a little bit tighter to me overall with some improvements listed that actually improve their fingerprint recognition speed and the unlock screen animations should also be resolved from that.
Moving past the visuals here though, the core operating system infrastructure has received lots of substantial background tuning for all supported hardware from the 6A right through to the 11 series. That does include the Pixel Fold and tablet by the way, all Pro and a series models in between. If you if you're wondering, Google has actually added a stability fix for performance across all of these system services or all system services running on these devices. So, it should mean that Google applications and all the background models that rely on those are going to be a lot smoother as well. Another UI bug though that a lot of you might be relieved to see is that across all supported devices, there is a fix for the virtual keyboard occasionally
failing to pop up when tapping directly in certain search input fields or search bars. Sometimes you see this on Pixel Search. Sometimes you see it in other areas of the system like the setting section. So, that's resolved as well. That same group of devices is also getting a resolution for unintended audio feedback while scrolling through the sound and vibration settings menu. So sometimes you just get a random feedback or a little bit of audio. I keep my phone on silent so I never heard this but this is something that has been fixed as well. There's a lot of general stability and performance improvements.
We love Google loves to use that phrase that has applied directly to lots of other home screen areas including clock widgets as well. System responsiveness and has been tuned up as well. So there's there's a lot more fluid scrolling here. It's definitely a lot better with this QPR2 release. That's across the entire Pixel lineup that has be that is supported as I say 6A right through to the Pixel 11 series. Google's also addressed some underlying code issues which were well added or maybe introduced in previous updates. You may have seen system stutters and frame drops, but overall the animation smoothness when scrolling through third
party applications, f first party applications, even media browsers, all that kind of stuff is a lot smoother here. Google has also delivered targeted performance improvements for device restart and startup times for those newest devices, the Pixel 11 series. It should be a lot faster. It should be a lot smoother. It should be a lot more reliable if you do reboot, power off, whatever it happens to be. It should be a little bit faster for you to get back into Android and get moving again. I know I talked about battery a moment ago, but there are some improvements to the sensors and background power draw that some of these have. Google has resolved some issues that caused some
background battery drain with certain sensor management under certain operating conditions. They didn't specify which they were, but this is related to the Pixel 11 series. Additionally, all supported hardware from the 6A to the 11 actually just benefit from better background stability and performance improvements across any services that rely on certain system sensors. Google's also resolved an issue occasionally causing captured photos to not save properly to local storage. So that is exclusively for the Pixel 11 series. We did miss out on a few things with recent updates. We actually were an upgrade update behind. We were on I
think we were on QPR1. Let me know down in the comment section below. I can't remember off the top of my head right now while we're recording this, but there are some other improvements for things like audio. There's some repairs for the audio performance. So any anyone with a Pixel out there, if you were seeing increased volume or random volume spikes, then this should fix itself, especially when you're using voice commands. And there's also another issue for audio that has been pointed out to me and is now available as a fix here. You might get some sort of like distortion when you get a ringtone with voice over IP calls. So this is kind of like the older tensor generations that had this problem 6A 7
and the Pixel tablet. So if you do use services like Google Meet, maybe even WhatsApp, you may have seen uh volume spikes. This has been resolved in this update. When you're connected to some wireless accessories though, you should get a solid tuneup in the uh stability of these across the entire Pixel family. So 6A Bluetooth 11 series. Google's basically just resolve some of the Bluetooth device connectivity. And there's also just a lot of general fixes being added in QPR2 which does enhance that experience especially when you're pairing to Bluetooth accessories with these devices. New device, new Bluetooth devices, existing ones should be a lot better across the board. A good thing in
terms of network and cellular connectivity though, this has been improved with this OTAA from the Pixel 6a right through to 11 series. Google's just added in some stability and performance improvements for that adaptive connectivity services section. So, you should have a better experience when using lots of your phones in lots of different conditions. And on that, if you ever saw notifications for things like Wi-Fi calling that weren't actually showing the status notification correctly and it wasn't restarting, that should be there more readily as well. At the end of the day though, Google has dropped a massive QPR update early. It's a really surprised move. It usually tends to be in December, but yeah, when
that update packs and as many changes it does, you get a lot of stability fixes thrown in for good measure. So, if there are anything I have missed out, I will leave a link down in the description below if you do want to check them out for yourself. It may introduce more problems. That tends to be the case with these big updates. But yeah, a lot of the problems that were maybe hanging around from the QPR1 release should be resolved here with the entire Pixel lineup. But what do you think of this early QPR2 rollout? Have you noticed any big jump in the smoothness of your phone, the performance, the battery life? I know it's not been very long, but let me know your thoughts down in
the comments sections below. There's always a lot of people who get problems resolved and people get problems introduced, and it's always nice to well, it is nice to discuss it and then maybe we can make that public for Google to fix in the next release. But as always, thanks for watching. Hopefully this has helped you out. Give you an idea of what's fixed. And I will speak to you later. Cheers.
