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Unfortunately, Android device manufacturers have no obligation to update their old devices. Many that only support 4.2 or 4.3 haven't even pushed out the latest
by JohnTHaller 12y ago
Unfortunately, Android device manufacturers have no obligation to update their old devices. Many that only support 4.2 or 4.3 haven't even pushed out the latest updates with the security fixes to those versions.
This is one reason the latest Android releases don't have a 'Browser' app and have Chrome as the default (as they should). Granted, some manufacturers probably still have 'browser' because they want more control over their users.
- notatoad 12y agoFrom 5.0 forward, there is no "browser" that isn't chrome. The system webview is the chrome rendering engine and receives updates through the play store. If an OEM wants to ship their own browser to retain control, it's still chrome underneath, just with some custom UI. (this was also true in 4.4, except that the 4.4 webview doesn't receive updates other than via a full system update)
- jordanthoms 12y agoJust to be clear, an OEM or google play app is still free to ship their own rendering engine, see firefox. But the builtin stuff on android is all chromium now.
- notatoad 12y agoin practice though, i don't think there's any OEM that uses a non-standard rendering engine, except for the forks like amazon's silk browser.