Android O is set to release on August 21st

This release will coincide with the US Solar Eclipse.



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I think it would have been a good idea to put the known supported devices in the article.

I know my Nexus 6P is getting it.i wonder when. Pretty excited for new Android releases, they improve so much.

is the galaxy s7 edge getting this??

I think the chipset manufacturers are of the least concern, it always seems to be the OEMs or the carriers that take forever to load their bloatware onto it. I think carriers should be banned from having control of OTA updates, updates should be straight from the OEM and all carrier modifications should be limited to apps, and not the OS itself.

wozza365 said:

I think the chipset manufacturers are of the least concern, it always seems to be the OEMs or the carriers that take forever to load their bloatware onto it. I think carriers should be banned from having control of OTA updates, updates should be straight from the OEM and all carrier modifications should be limited to apps, and not the OS itself.

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It's open source software. Google doesn't have the right to tell them what to do.
Could they bully them into so? Probably. Is it worth it? Not really.

zeus_anoxia said:

is the galaxy s7 edge getting this??

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Yes it definitely will. Should get next year's as well. It will just take some time as the update will go from Google to Samsung then to your carrier...unless you have the unlocked version. Probably around Q1 or Q2 timeframe

NeverBackDown said:

It's open source software. Google doesn't have the right to tell them what to do.
Could they bully them into so? Probably. Is it worth it? Not really.

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Well the OS is open source, but fewer features are. All of the Google apps arent and they have to be paid for. It could be a condition to using those apps.

NeverBackDown said:

It's open source software. Google doesn't have the right to tell them what to do.
Could they bully them into so? Probably. Is it worth it? Not really.

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Actually a little incorrect there. When new software builds come about in our company, not only does Samsung etc have to put it past Google strict point check, but when we make changes e.g. add VoLTE, IMS, SMS+ services for our customers, or any CAMEL related features, etc we have to get them tested with both the manufacturer and google.

If the terminal manufacturer says yes, but google is not satisfied with the result. It is not allowed to be released. This is why Mobile networks can take a long time to release something to the public. After all, it might be open source, but security is so stringent these days.

The biggest problem is that most big manufacturers use highly customised versions of Android that need to be rewritten with every major Android update. TBH the more phones that move to a more Stock version of the OS the better, as it should allow them to more easily update their software.