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Hi @[email protected], I had a look at the notes, Pixel 9a is not listed.
I'm using GOS since I bought this device in May 2025, so I'm just wondering why this model is absent of the notes even if it is marked as officialy supported in the web site.
@[email protected] Pixel 9a was a recently launched device and is supported via a special Android Open Source Project / stock Pixel OS device branch based on Android 15 QPR1. The main GrapheneOS releases are based on Android 15 QPR2. Android 16 is being released this month, possibly tomorrow, and the Pixel 9a will be supported as part of mainline Android after that happens. The same thing happened with the Pixel 8a at launch, where it was still based on Android 15 QPR1 instead of Android 14 QPR2.
@[email protected] Android 15 QPR2 was released in March, so our support for the Pixel 9a is based on taking our last Android 15 QPR1 release from early March and rebasing that onto the Pixel 9a device branch based on Android 15 QPR1, then backporting the GrapheneOS changes from March and later to it. We didn't backport everything and it doesn't have the improvements in Android 15 QPR2 itself yet. Once it's moved to Android 16, it will be part of their regular releases and therefore also ours too.
@[email protected] OK I understand, thank you for the details 👍