If you've been using Android phones for several years and your Google Pixel 4 XL is not your first smartphone, you have surely seen a lot of changes to the operating system. Each new update brings its share of specificities and improvements, but above all, you need to know which Android version is installed on your Google Pixel 4 XL?
For this, we will first find out what it is used to update your Android smartphone, then, the procedure to know the Android version of your Google Pixel 4 XL, and, to conclude, how to update your Google Pixel XNUMX XL. Smartphone.
What is the point of updating Android on Google Pixel 4 XL?
We start our tutorial by showing you the advantages of make regular Android updates on your Google Pixel 4 XL. As we told you briefly in the introduction, it is important to update the system of your mobile phone so that it works properly. Indeed, first and foremost, Android updates are there for fix bugs. Switching to the newer Android version will therefore always be beneficial for your mobile phone.
In addition, the more Android versions advance, the more varied the functions added to the system. For example, we will now find the ability to save applications on the SD card by default, to make videos in Slowmotion on Google Pixel 4 XL, whereas some time ago it was completely improbable, except through a dedicated application ...
In short, whether for reasons of performance or features , we really recommend that you update Android if the version on your Google Pixel 4 XL is too old. Nevertheless, at times we hear that the updates slow down cell phones , we attribute at times the updates to the planned obsolescence, however, it is rather in connection with the internal memory of a mobile phone that you will feel slowing down, and not because of the updates. We therefore suggest that you especially clean the memory of your Google Pixel 4 XL to always keep around 10% of storage free.
How to know the Android version installed on my Google Pixel 4 XL?
After presenting you the advantages of the updates, we will explain the procedure to find out the version of Android installed on your Google Pixel 4 XL. This is important in the event that you are trying to use recent Android functions and you are not sure whether they are accessible on your mobile phone. To control the current version of Android on your Google Pixel 4 XL, it's easy:
- Go to the " Parameter »Of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- Then in the menu » About the phone ", It sometimes happens depending on the Android version of your Google Pixel 4 XL that you have to go through the tab first" System »
- Finally either discover directly the » Android version ", Otherwise go through" Software Information " to get there
- You will have on this line the Android version installed on your mobile phone
How to update Android on Google Pixel 4 XL?
Finally, now that you know how to control the version of the operating system installed on your Google Pixel 4 XL, you can move on to the practical part, and if you want and if you have sufficient memory, update your Google Pixel 4 XL to Android. There are two ways to do this for downloading, either using Wi-Fi or directly with your internet package. If you ever have problems updating your Google Pixel 4 XL during the procedure, you can take a look at our tutorial.
Update Android without Wi-Fi on Google Pixel 4 XL
First of the solutions, and the one we recommend the most, update the Android version of your Google Pixel 4 XL with Wi-Fi. We suggest doing it like this, because depending on the update that you are going to install, it will go from a few tens of megabytes to several gigabytes. You risk consuming a good part of your internet package depending on your subscription. If ever however you have checked the size of the update and you still want to do it, you will have to go to:
- » Settings »Of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- In the menu " Software update »
- Click on " Download and installation »
- Launch the update if it is available and confirm that you want to do it without Wi-Fi
Update Android on your Google Pixel 4 XL with Wi-Fi
Second solution and the one recommended by our team. If you have ever checked the Android version of your Google Pixel 4 XL and it is outdated, it will therefore be time to upgrade to the more recent version of the operating system. To avoid any too much data consumption it is rational to update Android over Wi-Fi, because they can occasionally, depending on the version, do several gigabytes. Let's go:
- Go to the " Settings »Of your Google Pixel 4 XL
- At the bottom of the list click on » Software update »
- Check that the option " Auto download via Wi-Fi »Be checked
- Now click on » Download and installation »To start the operation
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the Google Pixel 4 XL, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Google Pixel 4 XL.
