“Transparent” updates are already a basic requirement for Android 13 makers

Android 13 is the major version that was released in August this year and the one that forces phone manufacturers (OEMs) to have to use “Seamless” updates if they want to have the GMS license (Google Mobile Services). In other words, the big G requires you to use this function to update the firmware of the phones if you want to use the latest major version of Android.

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“Transparent” updates in Android 13

Via GSMArena we know that every mobile launched with Android 13 will have to use the “Seamless” update function to be able to use the said license. A type of update that was released in the 2016 Google Pixel and was optimized time stand as a very valid way to update phones.

It works in such a way that is deployed to the system partition a device on which the firmware (the installation file) is installed. The use of partitions A and B allows the installation of a large number of Android devices Over-the-air updates (Over the Air) in the background, so that the user can do their business with the mobile to go to a restart with the update already done.

To finish! New devices launched with Android 13 MUST support Virtual A/B, which means they are virtually guaranteed to support Seamless Updates as well!

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Another of its advantages is that if for some reason something went wrong in the update process, you can go back to a precedent. And not only was the Google Pixel the phone that used this feature, but other manufacturers implemented it.

It should be mentioned that A/B updates are not an explicit requirement for manufacturers, although the Virtual A/B support yes, it is for any brand that wishes to opt for the GMS license.

Of all these brands Samsung appears that it will be necessary to put the batteries to adopt this type of updates and thus offer them in all its catalog of mobiles updated to Android 13.

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