The new 2023100800 release is now available in the Alpha channel so the instructions here for trying the experimental 2023100600 release are obsolete.

GrapheneOS is now based on Android 14. An experimental release based on Android 14 has been made available for broader public testing. Most of our features are already available. Certain minor features haven't yet been ported to Android 14. There may be more issues to address with the sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer to restore full app compatibility.

This release provides the full 2023-10-06 patch level for all supported devices along with the recommended security patches only included in Android 14.

Android 13 is no longer actively developed upstream and now only receives backports of the Android Security Bulletin patches, not the recommended patches included in the latest stable release of Android. Pixels are also now only supported via Android 14 and require Android 14 to achieve a patch level above 2023-10-01. Android 14 has had publicly available experimental releases since February 2023 and is already a mature OS. It also contains significant privacy and security enhancements which more than offset the attack surface from added features. These reasons are why we have so heavily prioritized porting to Android 14 and began to defer more and more of our other work until after Android 14 since around July 2023.

Please join #testing:grapheneos.org on Matrix if you want to help with testing the experimental releases.

The experimental releases are production builds of GrapheneOS signed with the official release keys. You don't need to reinstall the OS to test them and you'll continue receiving regular updates on the experimental releases via the regular release channels. There will likely be a couple more experimental releases before we're ready to push out a release via the Alpha channel, Beta and then Stable as usual.

There are 2 ways to update to the new experimental release. You can either enable ADB within the OS and use it to override the update channel to the experimental channel, or you can sideload the update via recovery. Sideloading the update via recovery is recommended if you don't already use ADB since it avoids needing to temporarily enable developer options and ADB along with temporarily trusting a computer with ADB access.

To install one by sideloading, first, boot into recovery. You can do this by holding the volume down button while the device boots to enter fastboot mode followed by selecting the Recovery option in the menu with the volume buttons and then pressing power to activate it. You should see the green Android lying on its back being repaired, with the text "No command" meaning that no command has been passed to recovery. Next, access the recovery menu by holding down the power button and pressing the volume up button a single time. This key combination toggles between the GUI and text-based mode with the menu and log output. Finally, select the "Apply update from ADB" option in the recovery menu and sideload the update with adb. For example:

adb sideload cheetah-ota_update-2023100600.zip

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To install the update over-the-air with the OS update client, enabling developer options, enable ADB, attach the device to a computer with ADB installed, run adb devices, accept the authorization prompt to trust the computer with ADB access and run the following command:

adb shell 'setprop sys.update.channel experimental && cmd jobscheduler run app.seamlessupdate.client 1'

    Thanks for the very fast update to Android 14, as always the Graphene Team is the best :)

    How long do you think it will be until Android 14 is released to the Stable update for normal users

    Once again thanks for all of your hardwork

    Another donation coming soon <3

    willie_non There aren't known issues with the sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer but it's expected there will be more things to fix since we already had to make several changes to it.

    There are assorted aesthetic issues to address such non-functional references to Google features which aren't included in the OS in the Settings app, etc.

    There aren't really any significant known issues yet but we expect that there will be which is why it's not ready for the Alpha channel yet.

      I've updated to stock pixel android 14. Is there a way I can install this? I guess downgrading to android 13 and the GOS is not possible.

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        So, what exactly is new with Android 14? There are videos, sure, but they're about Pixel features. My question is more: What's new with AOSP 14? You mention significant privacy and severity enhancements. Do you have examples? :)

          A word of warning: I attempted an OTA update to this build on my Pixel 7 Pro and it failed. It went through the normal stages and requested a reboot after finalizing the update. When rebooted, the bootloader displayed a "No valid operating system could be found. Device will not boot." message.

          Thankfully after a few reboots, the phone booted back into the previous Android 13 build.

          klarma64 I haven't heard of any bootloader counter increase -- it may be possible. Someone more knowledgeable may reply better.

          [deleted] AOSP 14 is Android 14. The Android 14 features will be available for GrapheneOS. Some features will need to be configured and enabled later. The focus of the initial port is not providing all the optional features like lockscreen clock themes.

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            GrapheneOS Aww too bad for the lockscreens and clocks. Graphene is really secure but I wish it had a bit more customization. Hopefully these will be part of what's implemented later.

            Just installed via adb sideload. Took a long time to restart, but everything's OK. At first glance, everything is OK with the installed apps too. I'll continue my investigations.

            Pixel Fold release has been unlisted for now due to issues found with it. A new release should be added back soon.

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            The experimental release is running great for me on the Pixel 7 Pro. 😎👍

            Can anyone confirm if 5G is working for unsupported countries now on Android 14? During the beta 5G was working on Android 14 Pixel Stock.