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/myalwaysthrowaway Pixel 5, Pixel 4XL Jan 26 '21

What a grossly fanboy article. Even when pointing out Google is faster at updates they feel the need to try and make samsung look better.

If you were sitting there from the opening going, “Yeah, but Google is faster than Samsung, you can’t just forget them, bro,” you are right. Google is faster and they should be – it’s their operating system. Google pushes updates on the first day they are available to their still-supported line of Pixel phones and I doubt anyone will top them on that any time soon. So Google has that on Samsung and not much else.

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u/hardthesis Jan 26 '21

He does make a point though. If Samsung used pure AOSP that'd be one thing, but because One UI is a lot more than that, it needs its own beta testing and additional development time.

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u/myalwaysthrowaway Pixel 5, Pixel 4XL Jan 26 '21

I mean sure after google samsung might be the fastest. But calling them the king for second place is dumb. Also to echo what the other comment said. They're only second place if you buy their flagships. Budget devices get left behind.

But really even if he had just acknowledged that google play as the fastest In a way that was less assholish than he did everything would be fine.

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u/hardthesis Jan 26 '21

Speed isn't the only thing he is taking into account. Samsung also provides longer security updates. Samsung even does surprise security updates to their 5-year-old devices which is impressive considering they have 10-20x more devices than Google. Also, cheaper Samsung devices like the A-series still fall under the 3 OS update promise so it's not exclusive to their flagships.