The carriers are in the loop, but they're by no means the only culprit
here. Google pushes out new versions of Android, the manufacturers need
to pick up these new versions and fold them into their own code bases
and test them on their own devices and then turn around and make this
available to the carriers for them to do something similar. This does
take longer, but Google, the manufacturers and the carriers could all do
more to make this process happen more quickly. Google has helped with
Project Treble, where the hardware enablement piece is separate from the
rest of the operating system, but manufacturers and carriers also add
their own skins. Google also makes the new versions of the operating
system available early to the manufacturers, but Google is also pushing
out fixes to this code right up until it's officially released, causing
the manufacturers and carriers to start over again, although with less
and less effort each time. Note that this is for major versions of
Android and not security patches, which get out to devices much more timely.
The entire Android ecosystem needs to address the issue with
fragmentation, ongoing support of older devices and getting updates out
to all devices more quickly. Fragmentation is a two edged sword though.
Having multiple manufacturers involved and a more open ecosystem does
has it's advantages, such as cheaper devices, more form factors and a
greater degree of customization. IMHO, each ecosystem has their own
advantages and disadvantages, and it's good that as blind consumers, we
have accessible choices.
On 10/28/18 10:54 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Not sure if it's so much that Android takes longer, in many cases people who
buy an Android device never get updates but to a large degree that maybe the
fault of the carriers. Apple has made it a condition from day 1 of the iPhone
that they would have control over updates and they completely cut carriers out
from that.
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of lenron
brown
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 6:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Apple iOS 12.1 Release Has A Nasty Surprise, Forbes
Everyone knows that android takes a bit longer to get updates.
Considering the fact that there are many different makers of devices
and stuff. Apple is one company remember? Anyways I am sure many will
be ok with just audio calls.
On 10/28/18, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
Major Jan. I thought apple said at the beginning that this feature wouldn’t
be available for all of the phones that could run the OS. Where is Forbes
magazine when it comes to the fact that after three months, the latest
android system doesn’t even make the graph of Andrea installs according to
Andrea police? I guess that’s not a calamity. The fact that an android
system several years old has more install base then the latest and greatest
after three months isn’t a calamity. Forbes just isn’t worth posting
anywhere. They don’t like apple and that’s fine. But who cares?
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On Oct 28, 2018, at 5:34 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
Apple iOS 12.1 Release Has A Nasty Surprise
By Gordon Kelly7:20 pm
While iOS 12 was filled with great secret features, it also contained
some
significant bugs - including a particularly embarrassing one which
carried
over to iOS 12.0.1. Now Apple has its first major update ready - iOS 12.1
-
but a nasty surprise hides behind its biggest new feature.
Apple iOS 12.1 brings the highly anticipated launch of Group FaceTime
video
calls. Initially promised for iOS 12, the feature was pushed back to this
release. But Apple's small print reveals the sad reality is millions of
iPhone and iPad owners will never be able to use it.
Apple iOS 12Apple
Spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple's user guide for iOS 12.1 states that Group
FaceTime will not be coming to many iOS 12-compatible iPhones and iPads.
Missing out are the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad
Mini
2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 4 and 6th generation iPod Touch.
Yes, that's a lot of excluded devices. But why?
Apple doesn't spell it out, but the answer appears to be performance.
Group
FaceTime video calls are processor intensive and no devices running an A8
chipset or earlier are compatible. The A8X chipset on the iPad Air 2,
however, just scrapes in. Notably, the A9-powered iPhone SE also works
fine.
But there is some compensation.
Group FaceTime in iOS 12.1 has limited iPhone and iPad supportApple
Apple has confirmed iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners will get
support for audio-only Group FaceTime calls. Calling this 'FaceTime'
without
any faces is probably a stretch, but it's better than nothing.
That said, I expect there will be a lot of angry iPhone and iPad users
feeling shortchanged once Apple releases iOS 12.1 (expected next week).
There will also be blowback since Apple hasn't widely notified users
that,
even if they have a compatible iPhone or iPad, Group FaceTime will be
geographically limited at launch. No details are known at this time, but
Apple should reveal the rollout at its upcoming iPad event.
In the company's defence, Apple's long-term support for its devices is
unparalleled. But excluding all these models from Group FaceTime video
calls
(when surely lower resolution calls were an option) seems to be a hint
Apple
would like owners of these older iPhones and iPads to upgrade.
Certainly, on the face of it, the iPhone XR may need a little help.
Original Article at:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/10/27/apple-ios-12-1-release-g
roup-facetime-iphone-ipad-upgrade/#216ce6ac5f8a
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