Google may be considering taking control of Android OS updates from the incompetent hands of manufactures. Android fragmentation is actually getting worse despite Google's efforts to sort it out.
Google I/O is in May so we might see something then?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02...roid_takeover/
Google I/O is in May so we might see something then?
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“"Google will end up taking complete control of Android by moving the entire OS into its services layer known as Google Mobile Services (GMS). This is the only way that Google can end the endemic fragmentation that continues to plague its devices as well as take back control of software distribution," Windsor said.
"The net result is that a Google device will become much like an iOS or a Windows 10 device with absolutely no options for handset makers to make any changes."”
“"Google will end up taking complete control of Android by moving the entire OS into its services layer known as Google Mobile Services (GMS). This is the only way that Google can end the endemic fragmentation that continues to plague its devices as well as take back control of software distribution," Windsor said.
"The net result is that a Google device will become much like an iOS or a Windows 10 device with absolutely no options for handset makers to make any changes."”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02...roid_takeover/