There are two types of people: those who rush to install it on their phone as soon as an update is available, and those who put off the update as long as possible until it becomes unavoidable. If within the Android ecosystem there is already a problem with manufacturers adapting Google updates to their phones and adding this procrastination to it, it is not surprising that the update figures are a disaster, and what better than Android 13: at the beginning of the year and with six months of marketing, it was only present in 5% of mobiles. SO Google has gotten to work encouraging the installation of updates with a feature that promises
Software updates are essential to enjoy a good experience using your phone, not only to have the latest news, but also to fix bugs, implement security patches and other improvements. Usually Android shows a changelog that we can read to prompt us to download and install the update, but Google wants to go further.
As detailed by Android journalist Mishaal Rahman on his Twitter profileGoogle is working on a android update prompt function. As you can see below these lines, this is a series of screens that show pending update features and an update recommendation.
More information and images of what you are missing
The objective is that beyond a textual description as hitherto, users have a better idea of what to expect from the next update.
As can be read on the Android site, “Once a device has an operating system update pending user approval, users receive a push notification indicating the new features and prompting them to upgrade.”
This feature will be available for Android device manufacturers and to implement it will require that are compatible with Google Mobile Services.
Let’s look at this with an example: if you’re still using Android 12, your phone manufacturer might send you this upgrade invitation to show you what you’re missing out on by not upgrading to Android 13. Obviously, as long as the manufacturer has the specific update for that model (it would be absurd to show you its advantages if it is not possible to update it).
If the device in question uses Google OTAs, this notification may be automatically activated when it detects that an important update is pending. And if not, It will depend on the manufacturer to send it to its users, being able to customize the invitation– With features specific to your layer, removing irrelevant features, updating language or changing parts to match your brand.
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