Google Ends Pixel 6/6 Pro Support at Year End | Excluded From Android 17 QPR2 Beta, Security Updates Only Through December
TL;DR
Google confirmed Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are excluded from Android 17 QPR2 Beta — stopping at QPR1, with security patches through December then EOL.
Google formally released Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 Tuesday, with release notes confirming: Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro cannot upgrade to the H2 2026 QPR2 build. OS support for these devices stops at QPR1 Beta. Security patches continue through December this year, and one final Pixel Feature Drop is due in September, then End-of-Life.
Pixel 6 / 6 Pro launched October 2021 with Google's first-gen Tensor chip. Support was originally promised through October 2026; in 2024 Google extended the OS-update commitment to that same date. Today's notice honors that promise and then closes the door on schedule.
Pixel 6a is on a different track — supported through July 2027. The two flagships have been removed from Google's Android Beta Program listings; all future Android development shifts to newer Tensor hardware. This is the first time Google's five-year Tensor cadence — three years of major upgrades plus five of security — has fully closed the loop.
via 9to5Google / ETtoday
Pixel 6 / 6 Pro launched October 2021 with Google's first-gen Tensor chip. Support was originally promised through October 2026; in 2024 Google extended the OS-update commitment to that same date. Today's notice honors that promise and then closes the door on schedule.
Pixel 6a is on a different track — supported through July 2027. The two flagships have been removed from Google's Android Beta Program listings; all future Android development shifts to newer Tensor hardware. This is the first time Google's five-year Tensor cadence — three years of major upgrades plus five of security — has fully closed the loop.
via 9to5Google / ETtoday
