The update content as follows:

Fix the camera exposure error issue of Pixel 8 series phones;

Fixed an issue where black halo artifacts appeared in the viewfinder on Pixel 8 series phones when switching from photo mode to video mode at 1x zoom;

Improve camera zoom stability on Pixel 6 and later models;

Fixed an issue where the Pixel 5a (5G) phone would have a black screen when unlocked under certain circumstances.

The April 2024 update also includes eight general Android 14 security patches. In addition to this, there are 25 patches specifically targeting Pixel devices, two of which Google says “may be subject to limited, targeted exploitation.” The two vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE numbers: CVE-2024-29745 and CVE-2024-29748, with the first affecting the Pixel bootloader and the second affecting the Pixel firmware.

Update path: Settings > System > Software Update to see if your Pixel phone is getting the April 2024 update.

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He said that when he was shopping for a battery, he found that the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5a were essentially the same size. The Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone measures 153.9 x 74 x 8.2 mm and the Google Pixel 5a smartphone measures 154.9 x 73.7 x 7.6 mm. So he guessed that the battery dimensions might also be relatively similar, so he took a chance on the Pixel 5a’s battery.

When it arrived he found that the Pixel 5a smartphone’s battery was 4.5 mm taller and 0.4 mm thicker than the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone. The width of the battery is also 1.4 mm less than the width of the battery in the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone.

Thanks to the smaller width of the battery on the Google Pixel 5a smartphone, extra space was made available and users were also able to move the BMS (Battery Management System) to the side and successfully replace the smartphone’s battery.

The information and found that the Google Pixel 5a smartphone has a battery capacity of 4680 mAh, while the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone has a smaller battery capacity of 3885 mAh. Putting the battery of the Google Pixel 5a smartphone in the Google Pixel 4a 5G smartphone increases the battery capacity by 17%.

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