OEMs may be required to adopt ‘Seamless Updates’ on devices launching with Android 13

22 September 2022
We’re looking at you, Samsung.

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SShock, 22 Sep 2022Google finally enforcing something to make Android better? ... moreNot relevant to article

Article is talking about A/B partition.

This will update the software in the background a simple reboot will switch other slot

Means user dont have to wait during software update process

    SShock, 22 Sep 2022Google finally enforcing something to make Android better? ... moreZERO mark for your essay xddd

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      cyber, 22 Sep 2022that is the one feauture i never want to exist,instaling sy... moreExplain why, please. Otherwise, it makes no sense.

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        that is the one feauture i never want to exist,instaling system updates with this method is so prone to errors than any other method available so far,ive tryed it on a higher midrange motorola and it take forever updating it,the device became too slow to work with it

          I need to connect bluetooth console controller feature which doesn't require root access... it will be one of the best features if google makes it. considering how much people gaming on phone

            Google finally enforcing something to make Android better? NO WAY! Till now it felt like Google was always that shy kid that recommended things to phone makers and everyone just ignored them. Now they just need to start enforcing minimum number of major OS updates and security updates. So that no matter what Android phone you buy, you should get a strictly specified number of updates as minimum. Vendors could do better and for longer, but there should be a strict minimum. Google holds GMS license, they could easily enforce basics, like for example:

            - phone cannot be launched with old Android version (all the brand new phones still sold with Android 11 and Android 12 when Android 13 has been out for a while)
            - minimum 1 major OS update that should be received by users max 6 months after its release
            - security updates minimum every 3 months for 2 years

            This would ensure some sort of uniform experience across ALL Android phones instead of users having to wonder if they'll get updates or none at all. It would be required by Google itself. And that's really the only way to make Android better across all vendors. Anyone can still do better and frankly, I don't think anything should get more expensive because of it. Vendors are just so lazy they simply don't care unless they are required.

              I still can't understand why most OEMs don't embrace A/B partition. Advanced power users can find a way to install two versions of Android OS via the dual boot. Imagine one partition with the current version of Android and another partition for the Beta build of future Android versions. I'd be more than happy to go back to custom ROM flashing.

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