Android 15 beta 4.2 is now available for half of the Pixel 9 series
Already have a non-foldable Pixel 9 in-hand? You can try out Android 15 if you're feeling bold.
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- Android 15 beta 4.2 is now available for the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro XL. The Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro Fold will likely get their versions closer to their in-store availability date.
- The Pixel 9 series shipped with Android 14, the first time that a mainline Pixel shipped with last year’s OS version.
- With Android 15 beta 4.2 available for these phones, we expect the stable version of the OS to land soon.
When Google took the wraps off the Pixel 9 series, something was amiss: the phones shipped with Android 14 out of the box, not the expected Android 15. This represents the first time ever that a mainline Pixel phone shipped with the previous year’s Android version.
To make matters even more confusing, early reviewers couldn’t even install the latest Android 15 beta because it was unavailable for those phones. Today, though, Google is partially rectifying this by rolling out Android 15 beta 4.2 to the two currently available phones in the Pixel 9 series: the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro XL. The Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold are left out due to not yet being available to consumers.
