Hey there!

Another month - another update. We may have been celebrating Eurovision for the last few days, but we did not forget about PixelBuilds :)

Security updates aren’t the only reason you’re here, are they? The truth is, there’s not much to talk about this time.

Apart from some fixes and stability improvements, the big news is… Circle to Search! Finally, the highly requested gimmick feature is on PixelBuilds (and it works, yay!)… but realistically you’ll use it once and forget about it (at least this was the case for me)

To summarise, here’s what have been done:

• Merged May platform security patches
• Enabled Circle to search handle configs *[1]
• Fixed Updater’s misbehaviour which showed the ‘Update check failed’ message
• Fixed ASI crash with the songs search button enabled in Now Playing settings *[2]
• Fixed speech recognition issues in some apps like Duolingo
• Stop shipping DeviceAsWebcam app for all devices (this feature requires USB Video Class support)
• Some minor performance improvements

Not enough? Check your device-side specific changelog where you could find more good stuff!

Device Lineup

The OTA updates are rolling for the following devices that are currenly maintained:

• Google Pixel 2 XL (taimen)
• Google Pixel 3 (blueline)
• Google Pixel 3 XL (crosshatch)
• Google Pixel 3a (sargo)
• Google Pixel 3a XL (bonito)
• Google Pixel 4 (flame)
• Google Pixel 4 XL (coral)
• Google Pixel 4a (sunfish)
• Motorola One Fusion+ (liber)

As a result of a generous contribution, please welcome the Pixel 4a 5G/5/5a (redbull) devices family:

• Google Pixel 4a 5G (bramble)
• Google Pixel 5 (redfin)
• Google Pixel 5a (barbet)

Builds for these devices will be available as soon as possible!

You can always see all the incomes and spendings at our OpenCollective. We are grateful for every single donation you guys make to keep the project going and give us the opportunity to make it better.

Still don’t see your device on the list? Apply for maintainership to bring Unity to more devices!

Notes

• [1] - Circle to search feature may need some time to start working, you may need to uninstall/reinstall Google app updates and/or wait for some time.
• [2] - The songs search button isn’t intended to actually appear on the lockscreen.
• [3] - stream the best Eurovision 2024 song

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Happy flashing! And thank you for sticking with us.