Even if the device manufacturers do not alter the OS, it's still impossible for Google to send one mass update that will apply to all the phones. Phone OSes ar

Even if the device manufacturers do not alter the OS, it's still impossible for Google to send one mass update that will apply to all the phones. Phone OSes are too embedded for this to work. Carriers and manufacturers will still need to do the updates, but it will definitely be a lot faster. Look at Microsoft trying to update Windows Phone 7. There are no customization, yet they have to carefully test on every device and have each device be updated independently. Microsoft is barely able to handle 7-10 devices. When it reaches Android's level with 100 devices, it won't be able to handle it either. Apple has enough trouble updating iOS on iphone 4, iphone 3gs, and iphone 3g.