Google Pixel 6a, Pixel 4a now getting Android 13 update in India

How to upgrade your Google Pixel 6a, Pixel 4a to Android 13

According to reports, the Google Pixel 6a (review) and Pixel 4a smartphones are now receiving the Android 13 updates officially in India. As a result, users who own these smartphones should be able to receive the latest version of Android through the official process of updating their smartphones. To update, you can access the software update section of the smartphone from your Settings menu on the Pixel 6a or Pixel 4a, and the latest version of Android should show up as a Software Update.

As always, it is recommended to backup all your data before updating your smartphone. It is also important to note that users of the Google Pixel 6a, 6 and 6 Pro will not be able to roll back their upgrade, if they are unhappy with how Android 13 performs on their smartphone. At present, there have been a number of reports that have cited issues with the Android 13 update, which involve glitches such as the wireless update feature on the smartphones from failing to function, subsequent to being updated.

On this note, it could be more sensible to wait until Google rolls out an iterative version of Android 13 as well, fixing any software-related flaws that could affect the smartphones. Users of the Google Pixel 6a are reportedly receiving a 1.06GB upgrade file size, while the Pixel 4a users have an 855MB file size for the upgrade.

The Google Pixel 6a was launched recently in India, and is among the latest crop of smartphones in the premium range. The device is available in a single, 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant in India, and costs Rs 43,999.