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Google and Qualcomm Will Provide Support for Four Years of Android Updates (Updated)

Kellen December 16, 2020 60

Complaining about the length of support for Android phones is a part of life itself if you pay close attention to the world of tech. And that's because so many Android phone makers are terrible at providing updates to their incredibly expensive phones for more...

Android 10 Adopted Faster Than Any Version of Android

Kellen July 9, 2020 10

Google has spent the last several years working on ways to improve Android's version adoption rates and how quickly phone makers apply big updates. With Project Treble in Android Oreo to Project Mainline with Android 10, those efforts are showing signs of...

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...

Hey, Samsung, Better Job With Pie Updates so Far!

Kellen January 29, 2019

It's probably way too early for this, but Samsung is off to a decent better start with Android Pie updates. Before you freak and tell me that Pie was released back in August and they are still super late and should be screamed at, let's talk about what Samsung...

New OyxgenOS Beta Brings Project Treble Support to OnePlus 5 and 5T

Kellen July 3, 2018 11

OnePlus, following the release of their new update schedule, has introduced another big announcement as it relates to updates for the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T. Project Treble support is here! In the latest OxygenOS open beta (v13 for OP5 and v11 for OP5T),...

Phones With Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 Should Get Android P the Quickest

Kellen May 9, 2018 19

Qualcomm announced this week that it has pre-integrated their software with Google's Android P, which should make it easier than ever for phone manufacturers to update once Android P goes stable. This is all a part of Project Treble, which may already be...

OnePlus Won’t Support Project Treble Over Fears of Bricking Phones

Tim December 7, 2017 35

Project Treble is one of those things Google announced recently that many Android users are excited about. To give you a brief summary of Project Treble, Kellen has written a couple pieces on the subject, so I'll let him explain it. This excerpt is from a post...

Google’s Project Treble Does More Than Just Speed Up Updates

Kellen July 18, 2017 21

When Google debuted Project Treble back in May, the big focus was on how it could potentially speed up the updates that Android manufacturers push to your phones. Google will attempt to modularize Android (Android O and beyond) in order to do this, but that...