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Before the official announcement of Pixel October Update from Google, Verizon shared the October update changelog on its page along with the rollouts for previous months.
Starting October 8th, Google will roll out the monthly software update for October 2025. All supported Pixel devices running Android 16 can receive these software updates, and the rollout will continue over the next week in phases. Don’t get your hopes up yet.
The build number for the Pixel 7, 8 and 9 series is BP3A.251005.004.B1, while that for Pixel 10 is BD3A.251005.003.W3. The only two changes that were made in the user-interface as noted in Verizon’s release are:
- Addressed an issue that caused a semi-transparent background to appear after the camera was launched.
- Addressed an issue where the system crashed when starting or stopping casting with the Media Output Switcher.
Google is known to always release major new features on a quarterly basis. Other updates in the months in between are just straightforward security updates, nothing fancy. It’s unlikely Pixel phones will be getting any new features, not until the December update at least, especially after introducing a major feature drop—Material 3 Expressive—in the September update last month.
The next big feature update of the OS, Android 16 QPR2 will likely land in December. Some Pixel 10 users fed up with the phone’s GPU performance in one of the most popular mobile games, Genshin Impact, might feel disappointed with the October update fixing minor bugs. It keeps glitching out on certain Pixel 10 devices like Google Pixel 10 Pro XL.
Although the problem won’t be completely fixed, Google can potentially improve things by updating the outdated PowerVR GPU drivers. The company has done something similar in the past, but such a change will have to wait till the Android 16 QPR2 release or even later.
Author:Obiajulum Ndubuisi
Obiajulum is a tech enthusiast passionate about writing. When she isn’t writing about gadgets, she will probably be playing badminton, watching a movie, or surfing the internet.
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One UI 8 was just released last month and Samsung is already testing the next big software update. One UI 8.5 is expected to be available on the Galaxy S26 series out of the box. A new leak suggests that Samsung will include the popular Google Pixel’s calling features in the update for Galaxy phones.
The calling feature will allow an AI assistant to answer and transcribe calls on its own. Users will be able to control when the automatic call screening will be in use with multiple control options, just like Pixel’s Call Screen.
Introduced in 2018, Call Screen uses Google Assistant to pick up calls from unknown or suspicious numbers and transcribe them in real time, letting users decide whether to answer the calls. Following the trend, Apple introduced the feature to iPhones with iOS 26. It’s no surprise Samsung is picking up the pace with One UI 8.5.
Unlike the present call screening system that requires manual input from users, the One UI 8.5 update will allow Galaxy phones to answer and filter calls without any manual interaction.
Leaks suggest that this x.5 release will pack even better and newer features than the One UI 8 update. Based on Android 16 QPR2, One UI 8.5 will also bring the latest QPR features to Samsung devices.
Samsung is testing a call screening tool that requires little manual interaction in One UI 8.5
Similar to Pixel’s Call Screen, Samsung is working on a call screening system that will automatically detect and answer calls, and display a transcript of what the caller is saying. When the Do Not Disturb feature is on, the AI assistant can still answer calls on the user’s behalf. The new system also lets users select a preferred language for call handling.
Samsung will give users more control over the feature as they will get to pick from multiple screening levels. The leak revealed the following four screening levels in the Korean build of One UI 8.5:
- All numbers.
- High: All unknown numbers.
- Medium: Spam and scam numbers, international calls, and numbers with blocked caller ID.
- Low: Spam and scam numbers.
These options are similar to the three-level screening protection of Pixel phones:
- Maximum protection: Screen unknown numbers and decline spam.
- Medium protection: Screen suspicious calls and decline spam.
- Basic protection: Decline only known spam.
Before its official launch next year, we expect that Samsung will expand the feature to be available in English and other languages. The new feature will be especially helpful for those who are too busy to answer calls or don’t feel like picking up calls but don’t want to leave the caller waiting and miss important details.
With Samsung adopting the automatic call screening from Google Pixel in One UI 8.5, more Android users will have the convenience of letting their phones handle unwanted calls.
Author:Obiajulum Ndubuisi
Obiajulum is a tech enthusiast passionate about writing. When she isn’t writing about gadgets, she will probably be playing badminton, watching a movie, or surfing the internet.
