GoKawiilGoogle's November Pixel security update absent, fueling Android 17 QPR2 speculation
Google skipped its usual first-Tuesday Pixel security update in November, breaking a pattern it had followed for most of 2025. A Reddit user points to entries in Google's Android security vulnerability database tagged with a November 2026 QPR2 identifier, plus unusually large driver and firmware changes, as evidence that Android 17 QPR2 may be arriving earlier than its expected December release. Build-tracking site BetaWiki has also listed two November-dated release candidate builds, though Google has not confirmed any of this or explained the missing update.