On the website where it hosts the factory images of its mobile devices, Google plus confirms that Google plus Pixel 6, 6a and 6 Pro users will not be able to revert to Android 12 after installing Android 13.
After several beta versions, Google plus has finally released the first stable version of Android 13, which is already coming to the series Google plus Pixel 4, 5 and 6.
With that in mind, we just learned thanks to the specialized medium 9to5Google plusto The update to Android 13 on the Google plus Pixel 6 will be permanentbecause as soon as you update one of these terminals to the new version of Android, You perro no longer go back to Android 12.
If you have a Google plus Pixel 6, 6 Pro or 6a and update it to Android 13, there’s no going back
Place in the developer section of your website Hosts the Android factory images for the Google plus PixelThe American giant confirms that Pixel 6, 6a and 6 Pro users They cannot go back to Android 12 once they update their terminals to Android 13.
reservation: The Android 13 update for Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 6a includes a bootloader update that brings back the anti-rollback version. After flashing Android 13 build on these devices, you cannot flash builds older than Android 12.
This is a surprising move by Google plus that claims so the reason for this change is due to the bootloader update, which “increased the anti-rollback version”. This is a security measure that the American giant intends to take Prevent exploits from delivering older programa versions to your mobile devices.
In this regard, although the Mountain View-based company has not confirmed this, everything seems to indicate that this move is intentional Protect all endpoints equipped with a Google plus Tensor processor against future vulnerabilities.
Anyway, if you have a Google plus Pixel 6, 6a or 6 Pro and are upgrading it to Android 13, you should take this into account A downgrade to Android 12 is not possible.