The carrier says these updates will be available in the coming months.
In a statement to MobileSyrup, a spokesperson for
the carrier said the update is still on its way.
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Poland is the first market to receive the
update, which brings Google Now, Project Butter, and other enhancements, but Samsung
says Jelly Bean will «gradually» be introduced to other markets soon; how quickly you get it will «vary by market and wireless
carriers» requirements.»
Problem is, the
carrier doesn't even
say that the
updates will arrive this year — if your phone or tablet is on this list, it just means that you'll get Ice Cream Sandwich.
The
carrier said it expects all G1 owners to have the Cupcake
update by early June.
We also heard that a Samsung spokesperson
said that the US
carrier variants will be the last ones to receive Jelly Bean
update.
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Update: no details on the acqusition, but Olga Steidl, a VP for SPB,
says that the company will «definitely continue to work with external clients such as
carriers and device manufactures.»
So if the possibility of delayed system
updates had you thinking twice about turning to Verizon for your Pixel, the
carrier says you shouldn't be concerned.
That's more than people who bought last year's Galaxy S8 can
say, as Samsung and the assorted wireless
carriers are still in the process of rolling out that
update, even though Oreo made its debut last August.
The
update is only valid for unlocked versions of the phone so if your Galaxy A5 (2016) is
carrier locked, we are sorry to
say that unfortunately this news doesn't concern you.
Google removed the Android webview Flash flaw from Android 4.4 KitKat, but 82 percent of devices couldn't
update to the new version of the OS because mobile
carriers and manufacturers delayed or did not deliver the
update, Bluebox
said.
Microsoft reps
said in May that the company was working to push software
updates directly to phones, rather than migrate them through the
carriers.
All we can
say is that we're grateful that the big
carriers in the US came in on the same month with this
update.
While Google
says the
update is coming as part of the Pixel 2's February security
update, it could take a number of days (even a week in some cases) for it to hit your particular device, depending on
carrier approval.
Following the scandal, as of March 26, the
updated guidelines now
say that a user's name, email, mobile phone number, device information, location, and network
carrier may be processed by third - party services.
The company
said that it has already taken steps to improve the delivery process for those patches, and that it's working to making it easier for manufacturers and
carriers to roll out those
updates in a more timely fashion.
He
said carriers now viewed security
updates differently to feature
updates, and recognized the importance of swifter rollouts for those security patches, while OEMs are also changing the way they release those
updates.
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According to news coming from Australia's Vodafone, the
carrier says that the
update is up and running on these two devices, but it is still in beta.
Still, when it comes to system
updates, not only do the manufacturers have to build custom versions of Android for each handset they produce, but the
carriers also have to approve
said update — this can mean long waits for simple
updates, or
updates never coming in the first place.
Also, the gorgon knot that is android software
updates on
carrier phones goes without
saying in its frustration.
We were told the 7.1.2
update would contain «bug fixes and optimizations, along with a small number of enhancements for
carriers and users» and Rogers
says their April 3
update will enable VoLTE and bring the latest
updates.
Many potential buyers were less than delighted by that news, given that Google had
said it would roll out Android
updates to the new handsets directly, with no previous mention of
carrier interference.
That
said, it also mentioned that
carriers themselves will only be rolling out the
update starting May 3rd.
The
carrier said that owners of the device will start getting the
update on May 14.
In the support documents released by T - Mobile regarding the
updates, the
carrier said that the
updates include improvements to messaging security.
Burke also
said that Google is getting better at issuing faster
updates, and
carriers «are learning and realizing that [frequent
updates is] a feature they want.»
Some of those using these devices on the
said networks had probably given up on the Marshmallow
update with hopes that the
carriers would consider skipping to Android Nougat, however, the former has just begun rolling out at a time when the latter has just been released.
It's hard to
say how long it will be before most Android devices are running Nougat, or a later version of Android, but even then the slow pace of
updates from some manufacturers and
carriers will remain an issue.
«Unlocked U.S. devices do not normally receive
updates as they are not attached to
carriers,»
said the support rep, following up with another gem: «Our unlocked devices do not receive
updates.
The manufacturer
said at the time that
carrier - locked variants wouldn't get the
update until «early next year» - and indeed, as is generally the case when it comes to
updates,
carriers have been in no rush to upgrade their devices.
HTC
said that the Nougat
update for
carrier variants of its 2015 flagship will «follow early next year».