Google looks set to release the latest Pixel update next month, further widening the gap with Samsung Galaxy phones still awaiting their first Android 15 update. Ironically, the good Pixel news comes at the same time as the bad Samsung news that Android 15 and its One UI 7 wrap are likely delayed even longer than feared.

For months we have been testing Android 15 QPR2, knowing that it would release in March as a major quarterly update. It has dropped today as the March Pixel update, and it also happens to be the March Pixel Feature Drop with at least a dozen new features for Pixel owners

Google has released the March update for eligible Pixel devices. The update may have accidentally made the haptics on Pixels too strong.

Also: Google is trying to fix Messages - but it needs your help. Now there's another issue to add to the list -- problems with the fingerprint scanner. Mostly affecting Pixel 9 ph

Google’s latest Android update is causing problems for the fingerprint reader on some Pixel phones. The bug is extremely rare, but on affected handsets the fingerprint scanner stops working altogether.

Some Google Pixel users are experiencing rare fingerprint reader issues after the latest update. Fingerprint scanner problems have been recurring for Pixel users in recent years. The latest update also caused haptic feedback issues for Pixel 7 and 8 devices.