Functioning well

Description

The Pixel 3a is available in Black, Clearly White, and Purple-ish. Armed with a Snapdragon 670 processor and 4GB of RAM, it has a good price for a Linux phone. What else? An adequate battery capacity of 3,000 mAh, vivid 5.6-inch OLED display, Type-C USB, headphone jack, and good camera quality.

Features & Usability

Automated Usability (beta)

Runs very smoothly without any flaws. The experience on this device will be comparable to other mobile OSes on the market.

  • Actors:

  •  Manual brightness
  •  Torchlight
  •  Vibration
  • Camera:

  •  Flashlight
  •  Photo
  •  Video
  •  Switching between cameras
  • Cellular:

  •  Carrier info, signal strength
  •  Data connection
  •  Incoming, outgoing calls
  •  MMS in, out
  •  PIN unlock
  •  SMS in, out
  •  Change audio routings
  •  Voice in calls
  •  Volume control in calls
  • Endurance:

  •  24+ hours battery lifetime
  •  7+ days stability
  • GPU:

  •  Boot into UI
  •  Hardware video playback
  • Misc:

  •  Anbox patches (deprecated)
  •  AppArmor patches
  •  Battery percentage
  •  Offline charging
  •  Online charging
  •  Recovery image
  •  Reset to factory defaults
  •  RTC time
  •  Shutdown / Reboot
  •  Wireless External monitor
  •  Waydroid
  • Network:

  •  Bluetooth
  •  Flight mode
  •  Hotspot
  •  NFC
  •  WiFi
  • Sensors:

  •  Automatic brightness
  •  Fingerprint reader
  •  GPS
  •  Proximity
  •  Rotation
  •  Touchscreen
  • Sound:

  •  Earphones
  •  Loudspeaker
  •  Microphone
  •  Volume control
  • USB:

  •  MTP access
  •  ADB access
Working

Confirmed, depending on the maintenance

Not Working

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Partial

Working to some extent but with issues

Global Issue

Issue is not specific to this device

Release channels

This device gets updates through these channels, learn more about OTA updates

Ubuntu Release
Channel
Version
Release Date
Description
Xenialdevel2022-08-3030-08-2022Daily built development releases
Xenialrc2022-W30/228-07-2022Testing before the next stable release
XenialstableOTA-2317-06-2022Stability over newer features (recommended)

Google Pixel 3a/3a XL

Specifications

CPUOcta-core 64-bit
ChipsetQualcomm SDM670 Snapdragon 670 (10 nm)
GPUQualcomm Adreno 615
Storage64GB
Memory4GB
Android VersionAndroid 9.0
Battery3000 mAh
Display1080x2220 pixels, 5.6 in
Rear Camera12.2MP
Front Camera8MP

Preparatory step

Make sure to revert to factory image PQ3B.190801.002 before continuing: