Your Pixel phone should perform better in GPU benchmarks after updating to the most recent Android release. Here's why.

TL;DR

  • Multiple Pixel phone users are reporting significant boosts in Geekbench GPU scores after updating to the Android 16 beta.
  • Android Authority can confirm that Pixel phones are performing better in this benchmark since launch, but that this is also the case on the most recent Android 15 stable release.
  • The reason for this performance increase hasn’t been confirmed but likely has to do with recent GPU driver updates.
    • Higgs boson@dubvee.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      The article is referring to Android 16 Beta. Most people will be on Android 15 or older.

      I’m on Graphene, so Stable channel is 15 and I am not brave enough for Beta on my everyday driver.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
      121·
      3 days ago

      Only stuff that I noticed after the latest update on my pixel 7 is that notification sounds feel a bit with less bass than before. And possibly the haptics a bit different. But this is after reading someone complaining about that, so it might be a placebo effect on my mind

    • jef@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      The march update definetly helped with system ui animations, the recent apps menu would stutter on every opening, whereas now it’s always smooth.

      Also ruined haptics.