TL;DR
- Some Pixel users noticed that their Play system updates suddenly rolled back to November of last year.
- Google confirmed this was a “display-only” glitch, and said a fix was on the way.
- We’re now beginning to see affected Pixel handsets go back to showing a January date.
Right now, Android testers everywhere are getting ready for their first taste of Google’s Android 17 Beta. Ahead of that landing, though, we’ve just spotted Google delivering its fix for one really weird glitch that saw Android dialing back its January 2026 Google Play system update to November of last year.
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