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"Qualcomm stated that it will not provide support for Android Nougat on any device using the Snapdragon 801 or 800 chipsets. The Adreno 330 GPU does not support

by frik 10y ago

"Qualcomm stated that it will not provide support for Android Nougat on any device using the Snapdragon 801 or 800 chipsets. The Adreno 330 GPU does not support the Vulkan or OpenGL ES 3.1 graphics APIs, which must be present in order to meet Google certification requirements for 7.0" I would have hoped that someone bought Qualcomm and burn the brand for good. I hate them ever since they don't release updates for the two year old Snapdragon 801.

tdkl 10y ago
To be fair, the BS is on the Google part too. Nougat runs on old binaries on a 2011 Galaxy Nexus just fine. Vulkan or OpenGL ES 3.1 graphics ? Yeah, I really need those for checking my email and browsing the web on the phone. Imagine MS blocking Windows $version because your GPU doesn't support newest DirectX to render some obscure animation. How about just not rendering it on older hardware and doing it on new ones ?
- extropy 10y ago
  It's more to do with the Google daydream support.
  - tdkl 10y ago
    Which is non existing on devices without high enough resolution anyway. My device isn't usable without Google Daydream?