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<article id="2023100100">
<h3><a href="#2023100100">2023100100</a></h3>
+ <p>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.</p>
+
+ <p>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.</p>
+
<p>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
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<p>Changes since the 2023100100 release:</p>
<ul>
+ <li>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)</li>
</ul>
</article>
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