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Sure, Google run staggered rollouts for the Nexus/Pixel line, but all the other OEMs (Samsung, OnePlus, etc) take months to release their customized OS versions
by WillKirkby 9y ago
Sure, Google run staggered rollouts for the Nexus/Pixel line, but all the other OEMs (Samsung, OnePlus, etc) take months to release their customized OS versions, if they ever do.
In addition, Android devices often have very short OS update support lifecycles (2 years seems to be common), while iOS 11 looks to be supporting as far back as the iPhone 5S (2013)
- muninn_ 9y agoWhy do they do staged rollouts instead of just releasing the OS for all ala iOS?
- pc86 9y agoiOS rollouts are staged.
- muninn_ 9y agoOh they are? I thought it was just released all at once? Like on the Apple site is says that iOS 11 will be released on the 19th. I always get updates on the release date.
- Uehreka 9y agoIf by staged you mean that some people download the beta a couple months before the release date then yes. But on the release date iOS is released to all consumers with supported devices.
- fullsailor 9y agoiOS updates are available for everyone at the same time, but Apple does stagger the update notifications. So users that know an update is available can go to Settings and find it immediately, but notifications go out in stages after the release.
- Uehreka 9y agoSure, but for the purposes of this discussion I think it's enough to say that Apple releases it all at once. Apple stages their updates over the course of hours, maybe a few days tops. The Android+Custom Skin sort of staging ends up spacing things out over months.
- tonyztan 9y agoI never understood why Google's Nexus/Pixel security updates are staggered over weeks, leaving a lot of people vulnerable. https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/123401/are-staggered-roll-outs-of-security-patches-bad https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/123401/are-stag...