Update Button will now Push OTA Updates to your Pixel/Nexus Device

Check for update’ button �� will now actually push OTA updates ���� to your Pixel, Nexus device

Until recently, repeatedly tapping - but really violently smashing - the "Check for update" button in Settings would not push OTAs to your device any faster.

Pressing the button now tells Google that a user has manually requested the update on their device and will offer it up for install.

Google software engineer Elliott Hughes noted today that the “Check for update” button “actually works now.” Pressing the button now tells Google that a user has manually requested the update on their device and will offer it up for install.

Hughes only notes needing to be on the latest version of Google Play services to get this new behavior. Of course, this feature is likely limited to Pixel, Nexus, and possibly Android One devices where Google manages the update process. Hopefully, other OEMs will adopt this behavior for the benefit of early adopters.