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I think the challenge is: Does your hardware support the updates? Hardware vendors from time to time have the tendency to change the OS in ways that it works ni
by KingOfCoders 3y ago
I think the challenge is: Does your hardware support the updates? Hardware vendors from time to time have the tendency to change the OS in ways that it works nice on brand new hardware but is very sluggish on older hardware - to the point of being unusable.
So if I get an update 6 years in that renders my phone unusable, I haven't gained anything.
I would prefer 7 years of sec updates in that case.
- davidy123 3y agoThat might be part of their calculation. After five years or so, most people aren't going to want them. So they might run poorly, but at least they're not abandoning them. Anyway, it was mostly Qualcomm that was preventing longer upgrades, so I respect them for finding a way out of that. Maybe Qualcomm will now have to support their chips longer, due to new expectations.
- pcurve 3y agoThe pace of hardware improvement has slowed a lot so I’m not concerned about this as much as in the past. I think that’s one of the main reasons why Google decided to make this commitment.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoI think we are on the verge of one significant new addition, namely specialized AI chips in smartphones, for on-device inference.