Android telephones have all the time had a extra laissez-faire method to new model updates than iOS units – whereas iPhones bug you with annoying notifications and reminders to replace, Android telephones hardly ever even let you recognize {that a} new replace is accessible.

Nonetheless, it seems like Google is introducing an Android characteristic to make updating your system rather a lot simpler, or extra precisely, making an present characteristic obligatory throughout all Android telephones. Mishaal Rahman – an enormous title within the telephone software program recreation – has written a weblog submit on Esper (opens in new tab) saying that in Android 13, the Seamless Updates characteristic will grow to be necessary.

Seamless Updates is a characteristic that lets new Android model updates obtain within the background; so your telephone would not have to be out of motion for ages because it downloads (properly, apart from a short second whereas it restarts).

The characteristic was launched a number of years in the past, however just for sure Android telephones (like Google’s personal Pixels), and plenty of Android telephone makers have determined to keep away from utilizing the characteristic. Nonetheless, that is set to vary quickly.

In accordance with Rahman, Android 13 mandates Seamless Updates, so any telephone maker that creates its personal fork of the software program (like Samsung’s One UI or OnePlus’ OxygenOS) might want to provide handy background updates. This could, in idea, imply that each new Android telephone will include the characteristic.

The comfort that this might convey ought to encourage extra folks to replace their Android telephones – the truth that the system is taken out of motion whereas the replace downloads probably places off numerous handset customers from getting the latest model of the working system, which means they miss out on all the brand new options and safety patches such updates convey.

Evaluation: iOS may study a factor or two

So it seems like Android updates are about to get much more handy, and if this Android 13 characteristic involves move, getting future updates may require little or no enter in your half.

Apple may actually study one thing from this and apply an identical method to iOS; as a result of upgrading to newer variations could be fairly annoying.

The corporate’s units prefer to nag you to replace, usually promising that they’re going to achieve this mechanically in a single day when your system is plugged into energy, however then not delivering. And iOS updates can take a staggeringly very long time too.

Apple must observe Google’s swimsuit in making updates simpler – positive, its nagging ensures that folks do get the brand new iOS model rapidly, however there’s received to be a much less annoying manner of making certain one of the best iPhones are stored updated.