Difference in Pixel Updates

[NMCynthia]

I just started my June Update and noted that it was 50.1MB in size.
When I went to the Pixel 3 Forum I noticed that their Update was 63.3MB in size. Is that due to the different cameras, or other software? Just being curious here!

 

[B. Diddy]

Although they're similar, they're not exactly the same hardware and firmware, so the updates won't be identical. It's hard to say what the exact differences are, but as an example, Google is reportedly working on some bugs they found in the Pixel 3 that were causing some slowdowns (that came to light after they were looking into whether Digital Wellbeing was causing any issues, which it wasn't) -- but from all reports, these bugs aren't in the Pixel 2.

 

[Rukbat]

The update file at https://developers.google.com/android/ota#walleye is 1,175,999 bytes. Maybe that's why sideloading it is reporting a bad zip format. (7-Zip has no problem with it, but TWRP does.) So I flashed the full factory image (minus wiping user data) and I'm waiting for it to finish booting.

 

[Morty2264]

This is an interesting thing to know - thank you for sharing! I guess it does make sense that updates will be different in size for different iterations.

 

[mustang7757]

I just started my June Update and noted that it was 50.1MB in size.
When I went to the Pixel 3 Forum I noticed that their Update was 63.3MB in size. Is that due to the different cameras, or other software? Just being curious here!

Also different modem ,chip ,