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Android 12 Beta 1 and GSI ready for your phone Chris Burns - May 18, 2021, 3:02pm CDT Android 12 Bea 1 Generic System Image (GSI) was made available for download this morning before the official Android 12 Beta 1 for Pixel devices. GSI packages for ARM64, ARM64+GMS, x86_64, and x86+GMS are available for download now for the masses – though we’d recommend you be thoroughly in-the-know about how this software works and what a misstep can do before you make any download attempts or loading attempts as such. If you have a smartphone that supports Project Treble, you should...

Really, three years should be the bare minimum at this point Matthew Hughes Mon 10 May 2021 // 17:25 UTC Share Copy The Chinese company is promising at least three years of software and security updates for selected premium devices introduced after July. And? It's underwhelming. When it comes to software updates, most smartphone vendors fare dismally. Three years is a decent figure, on par with the Android One programme, although slightly below what Samsung has provided newer Galaxy devices. But the devil's in the details, or lack thereof. In a spectacularly fluffy pie...

The 10 Greatest Versions of Android, Ranked Android | Google Android, first released in 2008, is still a relatively young operating system. However, with some years seeing multiple updates, there have been plenty of Android versions to look at. Some were better than others, so let’s rank the 10 greatest. The Ranking Criteria Ultimately, any “best” list is going to come down to the author’s preference, and this list will be no different. As a long-time Android user—going all the way back to Android 1.5—I have experience with nearly every version of Android. Android makes things com...

Will Google's first smartphone chip be any good? We asked the experts News that Google's long-awaited custom-made chipset "Whitechapel" may show up in the Pixel 6 still has us excited. It's been so long since we've had something other than a Snapdragon, MediaTek, or Exynos in a smartphone, but there are are many questions over what we can and should expect from Google's first custom smartphone system-on-a-chip. Diving into last year's leaked specs and speaking to some analysts, we do have a few expectations before the Pixel 6 lands in our hands. Before we go any further, I should point out: e...

Image: ColorOS 11 on Android 11 It has been six months since Google released Android 11 for the world and we are already seeing it on a lot of phones. Whether it be an expensive flagship or a mass-market midrange phone from last year, chances are that it may already be on Android 11, or getting it soon. While Google is yet to release its official distribution numbers, a research report now suggests that Android 11 has the fastest adoption rate in the US. Also Read - Oppo F19 gets India launch date, specifications and other details leaked online According to research data from StatCounter (via...