If you buy a Google Pixel or Pixel XL from Verizon Wireless, you'll be at the mercy of the carrier when it comes to future Android updates. Google has apparently confirmed to 9to5Google that Verizon will be in charge of delivering Android software updates to all Pixel phones that it sells. That includes units purchased from Best Buy, since the popular electronics store is carrying Verizon's Pixel models and not an unlocked version of the "phone by Google." For Pixels purchased from the Google Store, Google will handle updates itself — just as it did with Nexus devices.
That's probably bad news for Verizon buyers who want the latest Android features as soon as they're available. Any middleman between Google and its users could result in...
Verizon will control Android updates for Google Pixel phones it sells
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