Some of 2022’s best gaming phones are finally getting Android 13
Asus detailed theAndroid 13 release schedule for its phonesin mid-November 2022, three months afterGoogle rolled out the update for all eligible Pixels. Towards the end of the year, theZenfone 9 became the first phone in the company’s stableto get a taste ofAndroid 13. A month later, thelatest Android release reached the Zenfone 8. Now, sticking to its previously announced schedule, the Taiwanese smartphone maker has turned its attention to the ROG Phone 6 series and is rolling out its stable Android 13 update.
Asus’s official announcement on itsZenTalk forumsnotes that the update is only for theAsus ROG Phone 6 Proand Phone 6 and not the MediaTek-powered ROG Phone 6D. The latter’s Android 13 build is scheduled to drop in Q1 2023.
Besides the latest Android release, the firmware version 33.0610.2810.72 for the ROG Phone 6 and 6 Pro contains the January 2023 security patch. Asus is also debuting a new ROG UI design and has revamped several of its system apps as a part of this release.
For now, the update is available for the European variants but should expand to include other regional variants of the phone soon.
The complete change log of the ROG Phone 6 and 6 Pro’s Android 13 release is as follows:
Asus is pushing the update in batches to different serial numbers, so the firmware might not immediately show up for download on your device. If it’s possible to’t wait any longer to try out Android 13 on your ROG Phone 6, you can manually update to the latest firmware byfollowing these instructions.
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