Not exact matches
Besides faster
updates, A / B
seamless system
updates also gives you a fallback in case something goes wrong when
updating, and also
means you won't have to have enough free space in order to download an
update package.
The Pixels ship with Android Nougat, including
seamless updates that
mean you just need to restart your phone to get the latest version.
The device is also said to have full support for Google Project Treble, which
means that the device will get regular and
seamless software
updates.
Speaking of
updates, Android Nougat is also introducing the concept of
seamless updates, which essentially
means new Android
updates will be downloaded in the background and stored on a different system partition.
Seamless updates: New Android devices with Nougat can install software
updates in the background which
means you won't have to wait while your device installs the
update and optimizes all your apps for the new version.
That
means manufacturers won't be forced to use
seamless A / B
updates.
The HTC U12 will release with Android Oreo 8.0, with the Sense 10 overlay, but more interesting is that the phone comes with full support for Project Treble, with
seamless A / B partition based
updates: this
means that if your phone is running the OS on partition A, it will install any future
update in partition B in the background, and the next time you reboot, the phone will boot from partition B, giving you immediate access to new features in place of an extended period of waiting for your phone to finish
updating.