On the website where it hosts the factory images of its mobile devices, Google confirms that users of the Google Pixel 6, 6a and 6 Pro will not be able to go back to Android 12 after installing Android 13.

After several Beta versions, Google has finally released the first stable version of Android 13, which is already reaching the series Google Pixel 4, 5 and 6.

In this sense, we have just learned, thanks to the specialized medium 9to5Google, that the update to Android 13 in the Google Pixel 6 will be permanentsince once you update one of these terminals to the new version of Android, you can no longer return to Android 12.

The back of the Google Pixel 6a in black.

If you have a Google Pixel 6, 6 Pro or 6a and update it to Android 13 there is no going back

In the part of its developer website where it hosts the Android factory images for the Google Pixel, the American giant confirms that users of the Pixel 6, 6a and 6 Pro they will not be able to go back to Android 12 once they have updated their terminals to Android 13.

CaveatNote: The Android 13 update for the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and Pixel 6a contains a bootloader update that increases version anti-roll back. After flashing a build of Android 13 on these devices you will not be able to flash older builds of Android 12.

This is a surprising move by Google, which claims that the reason for this change lies in the bootloader update, which “increases the anti-roll back version”. This is a security measure through which the American giant intends to prevent exploits from older versions of software from being deployed on your mobile devices.

In this regard, although the Mountain View-based company has not confirmed it, everything seems to indicate that this measure is aimed at protect all terminals equipped with the Google Tensor processor against future vulnerabilities.

Be that as it may, if you have a Google Pixel 6, 6a or 6 Pro and update it to Android 13 you should keep in mind that you will not be able to downgrade to Android 12.