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Project Treble Might be Showing Signs of Speeding Up Android Updates

Kellen October 23, 2019

Project Treble, one of the biggest features from Android 8 "Oreo" that aimed to help speed up major Android updates from manufacturers, is showing signs of having some success. Sure, it has been two years since Treble was first introduced, but from Oreo to Pie...

RIP, Desserts.

Kellen August 22, 2019

Google announced this morning that it's done with Android desserts and will refer to new Android releases by number going forward. Starting with Android Q, we won't have Android Quesito and will instead just have Android 10. I don't have big feelings about...

Android Distribution Updated for October: Where Pie At?

Kellen October 29, 2018

Android Pie has been available since early August, so that's meant we have had three separate updates to the Android Distribution numbers since its arrival. In those three, the newest version of Android has failed to make its debut appearance. The latest set...

Android Distribution Updated for September: Still No Pie!

Kellen October 1, 2018

Google last updated the Android distribution numbers at the end of August, the first time since releasing Android Pie. Pie didn't make the cut then and here we are just wrapping up September and Google is back with another update. Pie still isn't there, and as...

Verizon LG V20 Grabs Oreo Update

Kellen September 17, 2018

After announcing that the LG V20 in Korea was scheduled to get the update to Oreo at the end of August, then pushing it to the AT&T model, LG is now pushing Oreo to Verizon's variant too. The Verizon LG V20 will see software version VS99520a and the August...

Android Distribution Updated for August: No Pie Yet

Kellen August 31, 2018

Google updated the Android distribution numbers today to show which versions of Android are dominating the landscape as of August 31. We were curious if Android Pie would make its debut this round, but are left disappointed. No Pie here, my friends. Instead,...

Tuesday Poll: Your Phone is at Least Running Oreo by Now, Right?

Tim August 14, 2018

We hate that we even have to ask, but to follow up on a poll we ran back in January, where the majority of people said their Android phone still wasn't running Android 8.0 Oreo, we're back to see if the update has hit your phone by now. It's August and Android...

The Never-Ending Story of Android

Kellen August 2, 2018

Think this Tweet and reply sums up a big part of Android's history pretty nicely. https://twitter.com/mLive2018/status/1025044708203159552