One could think that they have enough of a market share right now to try it but...
I think they know more about what's going on than what I know. So I don't think I'm qualified to be against Google's decisions :) Marina On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:13 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > The only way Google could imitate that is if they don't allow the OEMs and >> Carriers to change anything on the versions of Android they ship their >> devices with. > > > Well Google should take he risk. Don't allow manufacturer to alter it's > base android. You said that most OEM won't use Android. What would they do? > > Everyone knows what happened to Symbian (Nokia), Bada (Samung), > Blackberry. Android is in demand. And no one can replace it at least not in > another 10 years. > > I don't know about "Marketing" thing. But I know what happened to other > OS. What are your opinions about it? > > > > > > > > On Friday, 18 August 2017 00:54:20 UTC+5:30, Marina Cuello wrote: >> >> The difference, I believe, is more in the maturity of the hardware. >> >> In the PC/laptop world, there is already a lot of standards on relation >> on how the hardware interfaces are made. Most devices are mostly the same, >> or at least "have to" respond to the same interfaces, so their drivers are >> the only thing that need to be added. And Windows in phones is sold only in >> a few devices; the relation is more similar to iPhone/iOs that to what >> Android's market is and it's not comparable. >> >> The only way Google could imitate that is if they don't allow the OEMs >> and Carriers to change anything on the versions of Android they ship their >> devices with. >> >> If they could try to enforce that, most OEMs would decide not to use >> Android, because they WANT to make things different visually, and because >> they NEED to optimise stuff on relation with their hardware. >> >> The solution Google found is to put more and more functionality into the >> Google Play Services app and other independent apps. That way sometimes >> they can force changes on most devices. That's the closest they can get to >> an "OTA" update without alienating the OEMs. >> >> >> Marina >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 1) Android release updates. >>> 2) Manufacturer alter those updates. (Of course Android removed >>> hardware level in Android 8) >>> >>> Why can't Google release all updates via OTA just like Microsoft do for >>> its PC and Mobile systems? >>> >>> Android is very mature by now. Billions of users are using it but it >>> doesn't have OTA update feature. >>> >>> Android requirement is less than 1 GB. But our 4GB handset gets old in >>> one or two year. Because Manufacturer doesn't release New android version >>> on old devices. >>> >>> Can't Google solve this problem? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/android-developers/b3fea6c6-8078-4936-ac4e-187b30d85e09% >>> 40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/b3fea6c6-8078-4936-ac4e-187b30d85e09%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/android-developers/6244a8fb-c635-42dd-b140- > 9291aa76626c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/6244a8fb-c635-42dd-b140-9291aa76626c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/CACaNmX0D-a4YcMBciw7ten-v%2B8U0crh3QUaoOirUxzgZRTudhw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
