2023100100
+Android 14 is replacing Android 13 this month. There will no longer be any + monthly or quarterly releases of Android 13, only the monthly backports of + Android Security Bulletin patches. This is an early October release based on + the Android Security Bulletin backports. We'll need to port to Android 14 to + provide the full 2023-10-05 patch level. We've spent months porting to Android + 14 in advance in order to make this migration as smooth and quick as possible. + We weren't accepted as an Android partner so we don't have full early access + to new major releases, but we've had partial early access to the sources and + were able to do a lot of the porting in advance.
+ +There wasn't a proper Android Open Source Project or stock Pixel OS release + for September since Android 14 was meant to be released. They only shipped a + release marked as having the 2023-09-01 patch level, but most patches which + were going to be included in 2023-09-05 were deferred to October and most of + them ended up providing the published 2023-09-05 patch level. Devices with + a Qualcomm SoC (Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 5, Pixel 5a) or standalone Qualcomm Wi-Fi + (Pixel 7a) still need firmware/driver patches for 2023-09-05. Other supported + devices (Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Tablet, + Pixel Fold) were already on the 2023-09-05 patch level and will now be on the + 2023-10-01 patch level. All of these devices will be quickly upgraded to the + full Android 14 2023-10-05 patch level once it's released.
+Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL and Pixel 4a are end-of-life and shouldn't be used anymore due to lack of most security patches for firmware and drivers. We provide extended support for harm reduction with the displayed patch level @@ -669,6 +691,7 @@
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- full 2023-10-01 security patch level (early release based on AOSP 13 security backports since the AOSP/stock monthly release is not available yet)