With the new Andriod updates and a vast array of available phones in the market, the manufacturers have to push themself hard to keep everyone up to date and many aren’t very keen to do so. One of Android’s key issues is fragmentation. With the launch of Android 8.0 Oreo, Google aimed to improve things with the introduction of Project Treble, which brought a modular base for Android and made it much easier for companies to update their devices in a timely manner.
In its recent blog post, Google detailed the progress on Android adoption rates which shows that Android 9 Pie has the highest adoption rate in its first year and now holds a 22.6% share of the entire Android ecosystem. This was in large due to Google’s efforts with Project Treble and the close collaboration with major manufacturers. Google claims the average time to upgrade between Oreo and Pie was cut down by 3 months and expects upgrades to Android 10 to happen even quicker.
Google expects more manufacturers to jump on board and offer a stable build of Android 10 before the end of the year. While companies like Essential, Xiaomi, and OnePlus have Android 10 on their devices.
This is a major breakthrough in the Android fragmentation issue and will hopefully carry on with future iterations of the OS. Having popular manufacturers like Samsung who haven’t had the best track record with Android update speeds in the past, in particular, is definitely a welcome addition.