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Google, Qualcomm extend Android updates - Mobile World Live 17 DEC 2020 Google expanded Android update processes, working with Qualcomm to offer an additional year of OS and security upgrades on devices using the chipmaker’s Snapdragon platform. Qualcomm said it is enabling up to four Android OS versions and four years of security updates, initally on devices running its latest Snapdragon 888 chipset, though a representative told Ars Technica it would expand to other chips in the range in time. In a blog, Google explained the move was an extension of its Project Treble initiative, which i...

Long-term patching problems still haunt web giant's mobile OS platform Matthew Hughes Thu 17 Dec 2020 // 19:31 UTC Share Copy Google and Qualcomm have linked arms to extend the lifecycle of new Android devices, meaning future phones could receive as many as three major operating system updates provided they're running the latest Snapdragon silicon. This has been accomplished by reducing the amount of effort required by chipset manufacturers like Qualcomm to support newer Android versions. Since Google's Project Treble reforms in 2017, Android has been modularised, spli...

Google, Qualcomm make it easier to update Android phones with Snapdragon chips Google and Qualcomm are teaming up to extend Android updates for Snapdragon phones. It should be easier to give phones up to four Android OS versions, and four years of security updates. You’ll need a phone using the Snapdragon 888 or newer. Google’s Project Treble helped increase the support period for Android updates, but there have still been obstacles. It’s a headache for chipmakers, who have to support as many as six combinations of framework software and vendor implementations for each chipset. Google a...

Google has joined with Qualcomm to extend the duration for which smartphones can get Android updates, both in terms of major build numbers and years of security updates. Thanks to Google’s partnership with Qualcomm, all compatible smartphones will get four assured Android version upgrades and security updates for four years. This will be made possible courtesy of enhancements made to Project Treble, the architecture that allows the development and deployment of Android updates. Cost and resources required for Android upgrades are coming down “Going forward, all new Qualcomm mobile platfo...

Future Android phones may get 4 years of updates, thanks to Google and Qualcomm In what might prove to be the biggest Android news story of the week, today Google announced that all of Qualcomm's future chipsets, starting with the upcoming Snapdragon 888, will support three Android OS updates and four years of security updates. In layman's terms, that means some new phones landing in 2021 will probably get an extra year of updates — assuming OEMs step up to the plate and follow suit. The change builds on some of Google's previous improvements, and it's pretty technical. Most of our readers ...