Step one:
After the stable OS is released into the wild, it gets pushed to the manufacturers so that Droid can be 1) Tested for viability on their various phone models. 2) Customized for the specific device. 3) Further customized and tested with their own manufacturer services aps.
Step two:
This manufacturer customized OS is then pushed to the carriers that sell and support those phones on their network. It is further tested and customized for 1) Compatibility on their network. 2) Compatibility with their own network and carrier services aps.
This might seem like a bunch of proprietary glut, but it ensures that when the OS is finally pushed down to you, the end user, that it works without any problems.
This is in stark contrast to Apple's release model which does a blanket push to all models and is notorious for slowing their older phones.
My Note 5 is 18 months old now and it runs even better than it did before.
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· 7 years ago
The phones who's manufacturers said the phone will get the update, they surely will get update, however it gets late due to OEM's own customization and carriers. And Android has to keep improving so It is constantly making new versions.
I wouldn't expect to see Android O/8.0 in the wild until late this fall at the earliest.
A Developer Preview is a far cry from an Alpha or Beta release, much less a fieldable Release Canidate.
It is as much a bit of a "brag" about what's coming as it is what the name suggests, a preview for for Ap Developers, to get them ready for what's on the horizon.
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· 7 years ago
I have MIUI/ Xiaomi phone, talk about getting nougat in q1 2018 for me, but I'm patient though .
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· 7 years ago
It means "allow the Calender app to access you google calender data?"
I did the other day and got this message too.
Step one:
After the stable OS is released into the wild, it gets pushed to the manufacturers so that Droid can be 1) Tested for viability on their various phone models. 2) Customized for the specific device. 3) Further customized and tested with their own manufacturer services aps.
Step two:
This manufacturer customized OS is then pushed to the carriers that sell and support those phones on their network. It is further tested and customized for 1) Compatibility on their network. 2) Compatibility with their own network and carrier services aps.
This might seem like a bunch of proprietary glut, but it ensures that when the OS is finally pushed down to you, the end user, that it works without any problems.
This is in stark contrast to Apple's release model which does a blanket push to all models and is notorious for slowing their older phones.
My Note 5 is 18 months old now and it runs even better than it did before.
A Developer Preview is a far cry from an Alpha or Beta release, much less a fieldable Release Canidate.
It is as much a bit of a "brag" about what's coming as it is what the name suggests, a preview for for Ap Developers, to get them ready for what's on the horizon.