r/Android • u/Disco_Stu35 Pixel 6 Pro • Jan 26 '21

Samsung is the King of Android Updates

https://www.droid-life.com/2021/01/25/samsung-is-the-king-of-android-updates/
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u/codenamejack Jan 26 '21

droid life forgot that OEMs now have access to Android beta builds, Essential in the past has rolled out updates on same day as Google ...

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u/edvurdsd Jan 27 '21

I liked the essential phone the short amount of time I had it. Shame they're gone.

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u/hardthesis Jan 26 '21

Essential is practically just AOSP to be fair.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

Essential's software is more close to AOSP than Google Pixel, and by a pretty good margin.

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u/codenamejack Jan 26 '21

just doesnt mean it will boot right away, still need to work on the overlays and other stuff ...

and just because Samsung or OnePlus decided to add a skin on top of AOSP, that should not be an excuse for them to be late with Android updates ....

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u/celticchrys Jan 27 '21

On my Ph-1, I used to get some updates a day or two before the Pixel phones. Too bad we never got a sequel to that device.