Discussion Google Pixel 3a/3a XL

[Siva]

Updated to June security patch.

 

[Bapun]

Google has confirmed that its Pixel 3a and 3a XL smartphones are now discontinued. No more stock will be made available on the Google store, and the phone will only remain available through a handful of 3rd party retailers as remaining units sell through.

Google confirms the Pixel 3a has been discontinued

 

[Siva]

Got this update several days ago. Forgot to post.

 

[Bapun]

Source

 

[Siva]

Updated to August security patch.

 

[Siva]

Before smartphone makers switched to edge-to-edge, nearly bezel-less designs, we had a small transition. Some smartphones rounded-off the corners of their rectangular screens to emulate the high-end look. In many cases, these phones actually just had square displays, and the effect was done in software, or via masking in the front glass. That includes the Pixel 3a. And unfortunately for folks that own one, that software masking broke at the end of last year.

Pixel 3a bug introduced in December 2020 update messes with the corners of the screen

 

[kanagadeepan]

Received Android 12 in my kid's Pixel 3a (1.5GB of update) today. Android 12 looks cool.