I'm tired of annual updates Android. And you?

Operating system updates Android have always been a sore point of mine. After I switched to it from iPhone in 2015, I never managed to get used to the fact that smartphone support lasts at best two or three years, and only one update is released a year. I didn't even consider security updates, because, firstly, they are not released for all smartphones, and, secondly, not every month. But these problems can actually be solved, for example, by abandoning the practice of releasing one major update once a year.

I'm tired of annual updates Android.  And you?

There should be many updates, even if they are small

In my opinion, Google should castled its update policy Android and switch to a regular release of small updates instead of one major one. What will it give us? If you think about it, then very, very much. Despite the decline in the value of updates in the narrow sense, in a broad sense, they will gain even more importance for users who can experience a qualitatively new approach to supporting their smartphones. Here are just a few illustrative benefits of this transition.

Benefits of minor updates Android

I'm tired of annual updates Android.  And you?

The overall impression of the smartphone manufacturer depends on the frequency of updates.

  • If there are fewer innovations, Google will be able to spend less time developing, testing and debugging updates;
  • Developers will face fewer problems, since deciding how to link 2 innovations is easier than 10 innovations;
  • Manufacturers will be more willing to adapt updates to their smartphones, providing them with new features every month or two;
  • Smartphones whose owners have lived without security patches from one major update to the next will, in fact, gain real support they never had;
  • It will even be possible to opt out of monthly security updates, including them in regular system updates;
  • In the event of global problems like an epidemic, Google could not postpone the release of updates for several months.

I am more than sure that small but regular updates will solve the problem of their value perception. On the one hand, we are abandoning major and iconic updates and losing scale. We can no longer hold large events during which you can rant about upcoming innovations, although this is a rather controversial issue. But, on the other hand, we actually do not let the updates depreciate in principle. After all, if you look at what innovations Google has prepared for Android 11, you are likely to be disappointed.

New Features Android 11

I'm tired of annual updates Android.  And you?

Most of the Android 11 features are not big enough to wait for this update at all

  • Scoped Storage (has been in iOS for a long time);
  • Screenshot editor (has been in iOS for a long time);
  • Distribution of privileges for applications for one session (available in iOS);
  • Hot swap of cards in Google Pay (available in iOS);
  • Screen recording function (included in iOS);
  • AirDrop analog (available in iOS);
  • History of incoming notifications;
  • The ability to create scrolling screenshots;
  • Recycle bin for deleted files.

That, in general, is all. And for what have we waited a whole year? For the history of notifications, scrolling screenshots and the trash can? Isn't it too little for a major update? As you can see, there are much more questions than answers.

Subscription for updates

I'm tired of annual updates Android.  And you?

You can subscribe to updates Android, especially if they come out constantly

I recently told you that I think the most adequate development option Android is to transfer it to a subscription model for distributing updates. It fits very well with the practice of releasing small updates. After all, convincing users to pay for updates that come out once a month, two or three, is easier than paying an entire year to get a big update someday. Even if you receive security patches every month, it is unlikely to convince you that this is a normal practice and should continue this way, because such updates do not contain new functions and pass without a trace.

Every year, users Android count the days until the date of the Google I / O, in which the search giant will unveil the next major update to its OS. However, almost every presentation turns out to be a complete disappointment, because there are not so many really useful innovations in the update, but in order to get them, you will have to get a new smartphone, because the old one – alas – no longer pulls. But if the updates were small, manufacturers would no longer be able to get out of their adaptation, since such husks as the history of notifications and hot swap of cards in Google Pay are unlikely to be able to load the hardware of the two-year-old flagship, which was recently considered the coolest on the market.

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