Google wants smartphone makers to update Android faster

The_Librarian said:
Still miles better than the stock Android install...
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My S5 went whacko on CM... so I went back to stock and it never gave me an issue again. But have had many devices run CM. Yoh, so many .... S3, S4, S5, Nexus 4 & 5 & 7 (still got the 7), Even the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 (still running)
 
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Tahir Ally said:
PRIV by BlackBerry gets it's security updates by the 1st week of every month.
BlackBerry promised Marshmallow in May and users already got them.

They are the only Android OEM that updates core apps via Google Play and does not need a system update to get it done.



Some Android flagships of last year are still waiting for the Marshmallow update.

There is no sense of having the latest hardware when you are still running old OS.
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Also the only manufacturer with one android device/model to update...
 
furpile said:
In South Africa the operators are a much bigger problem than the manufacturers. Look on sites like sammobile and you will see other countries get updates for older phones long after we stopped getting updates in SA. That is because VC, MTN and CellC cannot be bothered to check these updates for all the phone models. They only do it for the flagship and very popular models.
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Agree with you that in SA the cell networks are an even bigger problem than the manufacturers. Even for their flagship models updates are very slow to non-existent e.g. Telkom Mobile has not released Marshmallow for the S6.
 
Azg said:
Agree with you that in SA the cell networks are an even bigger problem than the manufacturers. Even for their flagship models updates are very slow to non-existent e.g. Telkom Mobile has not released Marshmallow for the S6.
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Question: What happens when you buy a phone and after some time port to another network?
 
Is the new feature in Android N not fixing this? The part where you have two partitions and when Google pushes out a new update the one partition loads up with the new Rom on boot up? Or is that something different?
 
Ockie said:
I dont really understand how it would work anyway. Will google update the future phones directly? What about the OEM's customization and drivers etc?
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No it's only for updates when/if they get to your device. Directly if you own a Nexus phone otherwise hardware manufacturer > sp. When a update is available it downloads to the new partition and prompts you to restart. When you restart it boots the new partition.

So this doesn't fix the updategate problem. Anyway Android is still better then any iPhone.
 
backstreetboy said:
No it's only for updates when/if they get to your device. Directly if you own a Nexus phone otherwise hardware manufacturer > sp. When a update is available it downloads to the new partition and prompts you to restart. When you restart it boots the new partition.

So this doesn't fix the updategate problem. Anyway Android is still better then any iPhone.
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Oh ok. So it is not really making the update channel better and to fix fragmentation in Android. It is just the method that the updates are implemented? /sigh. Oh well.
 
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