So that any phone that met the hardware specs would all be running the same version, with
the manufacturer skins on top operating via API's and such.
If you do decide to go with an Android device, make sure you do a little research and look at the version of Android it runs,
the manufacturer skin on top, and the manufacturer's record for software updates.
Not exact matches
The tablet ships with Android 7.0 Nougat pre-installed although the
manufacturer's proprietary
skin runs
on top of Google's operating system.
Like most
manufacturers, however, ASUS couldn't help but add its own
skin on top of Google's OS.
It will now be leapt
on by
manufacturers, who will apply their own UI
skins on top of the existing interface, as well as remove and tinker with features.
Because
manufacturers like to add their own
skins on top of the Android OS (and they tie it into the OS in many cases) this is almost impossible at the moment.
Most China - based smartphone
manufacturers embark
on two types of software upgrades: Updates to the custom Android
skins that run
on top of Android, and upgrades to the underlying Android version.
The
skins developed by each
manufacturer are loaded up
on top of that, so read up online for details, but if you want the very latest features that Google's mobile OS has to offer then the Honor or OnePlus phones look like slightly better bets.
The
manufacturer is going with the 9th generation version of MIUI
skin which will be
on top of the traditional Android operating system.
The smartphone will ship with Android 7.1.1 Nougat pre-installed, although amigoOS, the
manufacturer's proprietary
skin will likely run
on top of Google's operating system.
The smartphone ships with Android 7.1 Nougat pre-installed, although the
manufacturer's proprietary
skin, Funtouch OS 3.2, is installed
on top of Google's operating system.
A lot of
manufacturers like to add their own
skin on top of Android.
The handset ships with Android 7.0 Nougat pre-installed, although the
manufacturer's proprietary
skin, EMUI 5.1, runs
on top of Google's operating system.
Moreover, previous reports state that the smartphone will likely ship with Android 8.0 Oreo pre-installed, although the smartphone
manufacturer's proprietary
skin, EMUI 8.0, will likely run
on top of Google's operating system.