{"id":2109,"date":"2022-03-23T15:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/23\/google-wont-give-old-pixels-the-best-5g-even-though-it-admits-it-could\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T15:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:11:56","slug":"google-wont-give-old-pixels-the-best-5g-even-though-it-admits-it-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/23\/google-wont-give-old-pixels-the-best-5g-even-though-it-admits-it-could\/","title":{"rendered":"Google won\u2019t give old Pixels the best 5G, even though it admits it could"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/22\/22991308\/google-pixel-4a-5-5a-5g-c-band-pixel-6-software<\/a>
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Google says it doesn\u2019t plan to update the software for the Pixel 4a 5G<\/a>, 5<\/a>, or 5a<\/a> to support C-band 5G in the US, despite also saying that the phones have the necessary hardware and that the functionality will work in other countries. Google hasn\u2019t explained this decision, which it announced in a post on the Pixel support forums<\/a> (h\/t to Android Police<\/em><\/a> for spotting that post). Google has <\/em>updated its latest Pixels in the US, the 6 and 6 Pro, with C-band via a software update<\/a>, but not those older phones.<\/p>\n

The post says that the earlier Pixel models \u201chave C-band capable hardware and are enabled for operation in certain countries\u201d but that the company does \u201cnot have any plans to support C-band operation in the US\u201d for those earlier Pixel models. <\/p>\n

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