Why Android Updates Are So Slow ?
When Google releases a new version of the Android software,
there are, essentially, three steps that must happen before the update will
show up on your phone. First, the chip-makers must provide new
"hooks," or code that allows the operating system to communicate with
(and thus control) the hardware components. Because there are many different
chipmakers within the Android ecosystem of
devices (Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Nvidia, and Samsung, among others), and
each company has different chips that it makes (eg. Qualcomm's Snapdragon S3,
S4, and S4 Pro), each one takes a different amount of time to develop.
Typically, though, the chipmakers are able to deliver the new hooks within a
month or two.
Then the software stack moves on to the
manufacturers. Because each device is built with slightly different components,
the new software must be custom-tailored for each phone or tablet. In other
words, Samsung can't just apply its TouchWiz UI to Jelly Bean and then push it
to all of its devices. Plus, each wireless carrier has its own unique set of
software requirements.. That may include base-level functionality, and it may
include carrier-specific apps (*cough* bloatware *cough*). That's in addition
to whatever customization the handset manufacturers are doing in terms of their
third-party user interfaces. According to Samsung's Nick DiCarlo, it takes
about six to eight weeks, on average, from when the company get the OS update
from Google to when it can deliver the finished version to the carrier. Small
bug-fix updates will be much shorter. Bigger updates could be way longer.
Then the software stack moves on to the
manufacturers. Because each device is built with slightly different components,
the new software must be custom-tailored for each phone or tablet. In other
words, Samsung can't just apply its TouchWiz UI to Jelly Bean and then push it
to all of its devices. Plus, each wireless carrier has its own unique set of
software requirements.. That may include base-level functionality, and it may
include carrier-specific apps (*cough* bloatware *cough*). That's in addition
to whatever customization the handset manufacturers are doing in terms of their
third-party user interfaces. According to Samsung's Nick DiCarlo, it takes
about six to eight weeks, on average, from when the company get the OS update
from Google to when it can deliver the finished version to the carrier. Small
bug-fix updates will be much shorter. Bigger updates could be way longer.
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