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grueztoday at 3:30 PM1 replyview on HN

>The Android kernel source code is in git: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/

That's the mainline kernel. Actual devices use various LTS kernels, for instance the pixel 9a uses kernel 6.1[1], which was hasn't been updated in a year[2]

[1] https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/tegu/

[2] https://android.googlesource.com/device/google/tegu-kernels/...


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FartyMcFartertoday at 3:46 PM

There are other kernel 6.1 branches there, e.g. https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/refs/heads/...

I'm not sure which one the latest update for the Pixel 9a is using, I have an older Pixel 8. When I look at the Settings -> Android Version I can see it's using a build from January 2026 (also 6.1).