Android N will
support seamless updates for smoother OTA updates that are separate from the phone's main data.
It's primarily the Google Pixel phones that have
supported seamless updates up until now.
We previously wrote an article on how to check if your device
supports seamless updates, but we've also decided to catalog the devices that support it for your convenience.
If you think you have a device that should be on this list, please check out our guide on finding out if your device
supports seamless updates and leave a comment below so we can update this article!
Users can easily check whether their Android device
supports seamless updates by running the following command in ADB shell or a Terminal Emulator app.
Not exact matches
HTC Imagine CPU SD845 Display 5.99 QHD + RAM up to 6 GB ROM up to 256 GB Dual Main Camera 12mp + 16mp (Sony IMX3xx) Front Camera 8mp Battery 3420mah IP68 HTC Face Unlock Edge Sense 2.0 Android 8.0 + Sense 10 Full treble
support and A / B (
Seamless)
Updates Single and Dual SIM version
Particularly working with larger firms, where the need is more likely to be to provide structured and
updated source rather than added - value content, it's critical to ensure that content and
supporting technology feeds into and works with existing back office systems to ensure
seamless access to it.
Unfortunately, since there isn't yet a device that
supports the new
Seamless Update system, some of these questions will just have to go unanswered.
For those unaware,
seamless updates were first introduced by Google in Android Nougat, but has not seen wide
support from manufacturers until recently.
Sony Mobile has introduced
support for A / B (
Seamless) System
Updates in the Xperia XZ2 and XA2 series of phones.
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.
HTC Imagine CPU SD845 Display 5.99 QHD + RAM up to 6 GB ROM up to 256 GB Dual Main Camera 12mp + 16mp (Sony IMX3xx) Front Camera 8mp Battery 3420mah IP68 HTC Face Unlock Edge Sense 2.0 Android 8.0 + Sense 10 Full treble
support and A / B (
Seamless)
Updates Single and Dual SIM version
Google will be adding VR
support for its new Daydream VR headsets, interactive notifications,
seamless updates and multi-window
support.
Other features include Face Unlock, Edge Sense 2.0, Full treble
support and A / B (
Seamless)
updates, Dual SIM and more.
Google has been crystal clear that all devices that come preinstalled with the latest Android Nougat OS will include
support for
seamless 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.
Our tight integration allows FileFinder users to search the platform, manage compliancy (with full
support for the GDPR concepts of «Consent» and «Legitimate Interest») and receive executive
updates in an entirely
seamless manner.