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So then how is it Google's fault? They introduced a way to sold this, and now manufacturers are the ones holding back...

• pjmlp 9y ago
  Google already has a few contracts in place for validating OEMs access to their services. They just keep "forgetting" to include updates on the requirements clauses.
  • tomkarlo 9y ago
    There's a predefined window for when a device can be certified for release with a particular Android OS version. I don't know what the current window is, but devices that are shipping now (Q1) likely got certified some time last year in Q3 or Q4, well within the window for N. It's significantly harder to enforce things like update requirements after a phone ships - for one thing, it's not entirely up to the OEM in many cases, it also depends on getting carriers to certify the upgrade.
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      Right now in Germany, the majority of supermarket handsets are still being sold with 4.4 and 5.0, without further updates.
      • tomkarlo 9y ago
        Once a device is certified, a manufacturer can keep selling it indefinitely, I believe... and/or those may not be actually Google certified devices. (Especially with very low end / no-name handsets.) When I referred to "shipping" devices, I meant new devices coming to market.