Usually, Google rolls out monthly security
updates to its devices beginning the first week of every month.
Not exact matches
In the guidance we put out in our dot - com disclosures — it's not the endorsement guides, it's a business guide we
updated in 2013
to talk specifically about making disclosures in short format, mobile
devices in particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the
beginning of a blog or a tweet.
For myTouch 4G owners, this small
update brings your Android Gingerbread
device up
to software 2.32.531.1 and
begins today, March 15th.
The software
update, which appears
to be rolling out now
to some T - Mobile customers who already have their Galaxy S9
devices (which
began arriving on doorsteps -LSB-...]
Many loyal fans and users of virtually every major smartphone brand are eagerly awaiting the
update to Android 5.0 Lollipop, and today we've already seen a couple of
devices begin to receive the roll out of the software upgrade, like the HTC One M7 on Sprint and the Samsung Galaxy S5 on Sprint.
Dell
began updating the European version of the Streak
to Android 2.2 last month, and stated at that time that AT&T
devices would receive the
update in December.
When ready, press the START button
to begin the installation of XXCMD2 Jelly Bean OTA
Update for your Galaxy Note 10.1 N8000
device.
Heads up Pixel and Nexus
devices owners, it seems that you're in for a bit of a sweet treat today and in the coming weeks because Google has announced that starting from today, they have
begun rolling out the Android 7.1.1 Nougat
update to their Pixel and Nexus
device lineup, so you'll want
to keep an eye out for it.
Sprint has
begun to roll out its latest
update for the now venerable LG Optimus S Android smartphone that bumps up the
device to Gingerbread and brings with a spate of new features and fixes.
UPDATE 9: Sony has
begun rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich
to its Xperia P
devices.
UPDATE 20/08/12: Asus Transformer Pad TF300 users have
begun saying that they have started
to receive OTA Jelly Bean
updates to their
device.
While they don't give exact dates, it gives a basic understanding of when users can
begin to see the
update landing on their
devices.
Verizon's support site shows the
update as coming soon for all their BB10
devices and the Classic right now while T - Mobile
began rolling it out
to Classic
devices on June 17th.
When Motorola first unveiled the new RAZR family at the
beginning of September, they told us that they wouldn't be able
to update all of their previously released
devices to Jelly Bean (Android 4.1).
Sprint has quietly
begun to send out notifications over the air
to owners of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Curve 3G that the long - awaited
update to BlackBerry 6 is available for download and installation
to devices.
Motorola has previously stated that it would
begin to ship
devices and
updates unlocking the bootloaders on select Android smartphones as soon as this Fall, but the -LSB-...]
If the
update doesn't reach your
device yet, you can try
to pull the
update by heading into Settings — > tap About Tablet — > System
Updates — > hit Install Now button — > the
device Reboots automatically — > Installation Process
begins — > Let it do its task till the upgrade process finishes successfully.
Barnes and Noble look
to upgrade the Nook tables with the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
update at the
beginning of next year, ensuring the
devices stay competitive in the market.
Galaxy Nexus users have
begun reporting that an over-the-air
update that upgrades
devices from Android 4.1
to Android 4.2 is rolling out now.
Sony revealed the list of its Xperia
devices that will be eligible for the Android 7.0
update back in August, but we don't yet know when it plans
to actually
begin upgrading those
devices.
The iOS 11.0.3
update, which
began rolling out
to the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and other supported iOS
devices on Thursday, October 11, contains fixes for long - standing hardware problems.
And on Tuesday — we will
begin to roll out the Windows 10 Anniversary
Update to over 350 million
devices.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow is not just for smartphones and tablets as it's going
to be coming
to Android Wear
devices as well, and at this very moment it seems that the Marshmallow
update has
begun to push out
to all three variants of the Moto 360 which includes the original Moto 360 from 2014, as well as the Moto 360 2nd gen from last year and the more recently launched Moto 360 Sport smartwatches.
With the changelogs now made public, all that was left
to do was
begin to roll the software out
to device owners and it seems that the process for the
update to Marshmallow has started for users on all three models of the Moto 360.
Over the weekend, the
update began rolling out
to devices that were running the Android Wear 2.0 developer's preview, and now the full over-the-air version is being pushed
to all users.
Ahead of the release of the Pixel 2 XL, which included an 18:9 screen, Google
began to encourage developers
to update their apps «
to take advantage of the larger aspect ratio on new Android flagship
devices.»
The Creators
Update, which Microsoft
began rolling out
to PCs in April, is now on 65.6 % of those
devices, a considerable increase compared with last month, when it was on 50.1 %; and June, when that figure stood at 35.7 %.
The Fall Creators
Update begins rolling out
to newer
devices tested by us and our
device partners.
Google said the
update would roll out today in a blog post announcing a new monthly security
update schedule for Nexus
devices, and the build number lines up with what Sprint said would
begin rolling out
to the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6.
We'll be sure
to update the article as soon as we receive word that the
update has
begun hitting consumer
devices.
Android Wear's «Together» feature will be shutting down in the near future, as the most recent
update that has started rolling out
to devices as of earlier this morning mentions that Google will be pulling the feature offline
beginning next month on September 30th.
The Windows 10 Mobile Creators
Update will
begin rolling out on April 25 - but it appears that it will only be made available
to a limited number of handsets, with some
devices ineligible
to upgrade.
The open beta for Android Oreo on these
devices began in October, which was launched mostly
to fix performance and battery - related bugs but this
update is being made available for all users as an official build.
At the end of 2017, there were 2.1 million iOS apps available in the App Store, compared
to 2.2 million apps at the
beginning of the year.Starting in September of 2016, Apple told developers it would be removing old, outdated apps that had not been
updated with compatibility for more recent
devices or no longer complied with current review guidelines.Apple also created new App Store guidelines limiting apps created from commercialized templates or app generation services, and officially banned virus scanning apps, plus it cracked down on clone and spam apps, all of which contributed
to the company's
Beginning today, Google is pushing Android 8.0
to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) so that manufacturers can
begin the process of
updating their
devices.
Samsung
began updating non-flagship phones
to Nougat a few weeks ago, starting with the Galaxy A series
devices from last year, and it was only two days ago that the
update started rolling out
to the Galaxy J7 (2016).
While we know the Note 7 will get Nougat within 2 - 3 months and that the HTC 10 Nougat
update is destined for Q4, all of the
devices listed on T - Mo's
update page are still in the very first stage of being
updated: «Manufacturer Development», so don't expect testing
to even
begin for another couple of months.
There is no word on when Sony will
begin updating devices to Android 7.1.1, or even which
devices will
update.
Update 2: Google has announced that starting today (3/2), Google Assistant will
begin its official roll - out
to all
devices on Android 6.0 + within the U.S. Australia, Canada, the U.K., and Germany are soon
to follow.
The
update — announced by Google community manager Orrin in a post on the Pixel User Community public forum —
began its rollout
to users on Nov. 6, and is expected
to land on all
devices «over the next week.»
Finally a
device of the Galaxy C series
began to receive an
update of Android.
Windows Central has received tips that claim the long awaited Windows Phone 8.1
update for the
device began to roll out today.
Hopefully the long
update delay has given Motorola the chance
to patch various issues with early Android 5 builds and the 5.0.2 builds that have
begun seeding will offer the stability and performance that Moto
devices are expected
to deliver.
The monthly
update pattern
began in 2015 when some Android smartphone makers such as HTC, LG, and Samsung announced their plans of following Google's lead and release monthly security
updates to premium
devices soon after Google rolls out the software
to its hardware partners.
Last week, the first major
update for Windows 10
began rolling out
to over 110 million
devices, including improvements in all aspects of the platform and This
update brings Microsoft Edge's rendering engine
to EdgeHTML 13, which Windows Insiders have been... Read more
Both the S7 and S7 Edge should be due
to receive the
update to Oreo, as they
began life with Android Marshmallow, but there are no guarantees right now — Samsung hasn't confirmed which
devices will receive it.
Microsoft will
begin rolling out the Fall Creators
Update on October 17, although it's likely
to be a staged rollout, with the company testing it on newer
devices and gradually pushing it out
to others as it gets more feedback.
Google has
begun rolling out an
update to Android Wear just hours after Apple released the first
update to Watch OS, and it appears as though the LG G Watch and LG G Watch R are among the first
devices to get the software.According
to Android Police,... Read more
So, if you own an NVIDIA Shield TV, remember that, as we said in the
beginning of the article, the
update is now rolling out globally so be sure
to check for an
update coming soon
to your
device.
In related news, Xiaomi has started recruiting beta testers for the Mi Mix 2's Android Oreo
update, but hasn't said when it will
begin rolling out Oreo
update to its other
devices.