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0 pointsEddieRingle8y ago0 comments

As I understand it, the OEM modifications will be relegated to the vendor/odm partitions. They specifically hint at being able to push new system partitions directly in the future.

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pjmlp8y ago

1 - One needs to buy a new Android 8 device.

2 - Android 7 has currently about 13% acquisition after one year

3 - There is currently no obligation for OEMs to provide updates

4 - Given the failure of security updates, only being delivered to flagship devices, I believe Google will ship them directly when they actually do it.

EddieRingleOP8y ago

1 - Which OEMs will be pushing consumers to buy, according to you.

2 - Right, this is something Treble will attempt to solve.

3 - Which is why Google is making it as easy as possible for them to do so, right down to actually pushing out the updates for them.

pjmlp8y ago

1 - I guess only Google with its rather expensive Pixel device, and probably Samsung and Huawei flagships only, in the same price category.

3 - I would really like to be proven wrong here. Still waiting for my Android 7 update on a newly bought device.

s73ver_8y ago

None of that actually seems to solve the issue of developing updates and pushing them to users, though.

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pjmlp8y ago

1 - One needs to buy a new Android 8 device.

2 - Android 7 has currently about 13% acquisition after one year

3 - There is currently no obligation for OEMs to provide updates

4 - Given the failure of security updates, only being delivered to flagship devices, I believe Google will ship them directly when they actually do it.

EddieRingleOP8y ago

1 - Which OEMs will be pushing consumers to buy, according to you.

2 - Right, this is something Treble will attempt to solve.

3 - Which is why Google is making it as easy as possible for them to do so, right down to actually pushing out the updates for them.

pjmlp8y ago

1 - I guess only Google with its rather expensive Pixel device, and probably Samsung and Huawei flagships only, in the same price category.

3 - I would really like to be proven wrong here. Still waiting for my Android 7 update on a newly bought device.

s73ver_8y ago

None of that actually seems to solve the issue of developing updates and pushing them to users, though.

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