The Android fragmentation problem is not easily solved.
That said, Google's transition to a more secure Android platform by default won't be as smooth as Apple's, as it will hit its own dreaded
Android fragmentation problem.
As features and improvements for Android P trickle through the rumor mills, one of the biggest questions for Google is how it plans to solve
the Android fragmentation problem.
To further illustrate
the Android fragmentation problem, Android Jelly Bean is on more devices than Android Nougat, despite the fact that Google moved on from it four years ago.
Speaking of Google Assistant, Bixby's existence means that Samsung is again worsening
the Android fragmentation problem, making Google unhappy and leaving users confused.
However, the latest build, Android Oreo, is just at over 1 percent, revealing the severity of Google's infamous
Android fragmentation problem.
We were telling you about
Android fragmentation problems and how annoying they can get and, apparently the tech behemoth has somewhat revised the complaints.
Not exact matches
The biggest
problem facing every
Android tablet I've tried so far is that it feels unfinished, which is partly due to the
fragmentation.
That sluggish uptake of new
Android releases has resulted in a persistent
fragmentation problem for the platform.
Over on the Google side of the fence,
Android has a well - publicized
problem with
fragmentation, but considering that all of Google's apps update separately from the OS, it's not as a big a deal as you might imagine.
It's no secret that
Android suffers
problems with
fragmentation which lead to inconsistent update schedules across the board but a new report from SecurityLab shows that issue may be worse than most would think.
Android's open source may be a win, but its largest
problem is its
fragmentation of software updates.
What do you think —
Android fragmentation is a
problem or a well - thought plan?
And it highlights one of
Android's biggest
problems —
fragmentation.
Android 8.0 Oreo has been out for a while now with version 8.1 running on some phones, but most available smartphones are yet to get the latest from Google, thanks to the long - standing
problem of
Android fragmentation.
Ideas like Fast Pair baked into Google Play Services are another bandaid for the most common
problems, but
fragmentation remains the biggest
problem with Bluetooth, as only the Google's Pixel Buds and Libratone's Q Adapt On - Ear support Fast Pair on
Android so far.
The more prominent security feature coincides with a larger project at Google to fix
Android's nagging version
fragmentation problem.
Part of Google's
problem is that Project Tango requires specialized hardware, and given the
fragmentation problem that still plagues
Android, the vast majority of
Android users aren't even running Project Tango compatible devices.
Whether it's true or not, this move makes sense not only because Bixby would become a rival to Google's own Assistant but also because this would worsen the one
problem that
Android has persistently faced since its inception:
fragmentation.
With Project Treble, Google has attempted to fix the
problem of
fragmentation in
Android.
That
problem, of course, is the slow pace at which
Android updates are rolled out by device manufacturers to smartphones, leading to
fragmentation with smartphones on different
Android versions and exposing users to security risks.
Now that Samsung is pretty much the only
Android handset manufacturer making any money, you'd think that
Android's
fragmentation problem would start to get better, but the latest
Android fragmentation report from OpenSignal reveals the madness of developing for multiple screen sizes, hardware specs, and various versions of
Android, has only gotten worse over the last year.
The notorious
fragmentation problem with
Android has always been that not every device gets the latest update at the same time, and many devices get stuck on older software without ever seeing an update at all.
Android has a
fragmentation problem, but HTC believes the new HTC 10 is the first step toward fixing it.
Google's move might also be an attempt by the company to handle what has become known as its
Android «
fragmentation»
problem, a scenario in which people around the globe are using different devices and running different versions of its
Android software, ultimately creating headaches and security woes.