The Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will almost certainly be the first phones to ship with Android 13 on board, but some older phones might actually get updated to Android 13 before these handsets launch, as we’re likely to see the next Pixel models in October, while Android 13 now looks almost certain to arrive in September. The latest evidence for that comes from Google’s August security bulletin (opens in new tab), which – as spotted by Droid Life (opens in new tab) – notes that Android 13 “will have a default security patch level of 2022-09-01. ”Given that Google releases security patches every month, that suggests Android 13 will launch in September, since otherwise, it would presumably have a default security patch level from another month.
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