Its not like most Android phones have a choice when the update comes (if at all), phone manufacturers push it out on their schedule. My ~3 year old phone just got the update last week.
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I'm using a Pixel running 17 and I honestly can't think of a single feature of 17 - or even 16 - that I actually care about. A few UI tweaks but I'm not sure I'd even call them improvements, just that: tweaks.
Frankly, I'd be happy on a device running 14 or 15 as long as the security updates keep coming.
As long as we have Google Play Services installed Google only marginally cares version of Android we are running
I'm on android 13, and my phone hasn't received updates in years.
Hackers rubbing their hands together, thinking of all the unfixed vulnerabilities
My phone won't update. It's out of my control. Thanks, KNOX..wait... kNOX is Samsung... not sure what bullshit has my Motorolla locked down from Verizon..
"I can't wait to take control of really old mobile hardware"
I don't even know what mine is. There's been a software update waiting since the day I bought it but I never installed it. I update my OS when I switch devices every 7 years or so. Same applies to apps. I update them when I'm forced to. If it's working I won't touch it. Updates reliably makes everything worse. They fix bugs I've never ecountered and introduce new ones along with UI changes that I will.
Man, if only non-apple phone OSs were as easy to install and update as PC OSs are, those numbers would be very different
And now computers are trending to be more like phone hardware... That's going to be a problem
If we provide them a way to provide us with more ads and tracking info when updated to the latest OS they will get us up to date ASAP!
I actually just bought a new laptop from the 2020 era to replace my laptop from the 2012 era. Going from an Intel Core i7 3rd generation up to an Intel Core i5 11th generation
I've been running Linux on it all this time and so it's been properly up to date with security fixes and stuff like that, but I'm using it for compiling software more now than I ever have in the past and the dual core 4 thread processor just isn't up to the task.
it doesn't even really bother me not being on the latest version of Android, if only they provided security updates and bug fixes. It could be like an LTS distro, nice and stable.
But no, they just tell you to buy a new phone lol
17 is very underwhelming anyways.
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