The chip maker has likely been working on a major change for some time that will make Android updates easier for manufacturers in the future.
Qualcomm, one of the leading chipset makers for Android smartphones, understands that updating older chips can be complicated and expensive for OEMs. Chris Patrick, Qualcomm’s SVP and general manager of handsets, told us Android Authority As explained, the company is working to make it easier for OEMs to keep devices up to date with older Qualcomm chipsets.
In recent years, Android OEMs like Samsung and Google have been known to step up their efforts to provide security patches and Android upgrades to older devices, even up to seven years of support for certain devices.
Why so late? Google has announced a 7-year warranty for Android updates on the Pixel
Still, timely and comprehensive provision of Android updates is a complex matter in which chipset manufacturers also play a vital role. So next time maybe complain about them first and not directly to the manufacturer.
Qualcomm has been working with Google and OEMs for several years to change the inline code structure and streamline the update process. These changes are intended to address at least some of the hurdles that OEMs face when updating devices
For a customer – an OEM – to receive security updates and Android version updates and then distribute them to every end user is very complex. It is actually very expensive and very complicated. […] You’ll see us announce some changes later this year to help make it easier and keep the entire ecosystem up to date with Android phones.
Chris Patrick, SVP and General Manager of Handsets at Qualcomm (machine translated)
According to Patrick, Qualcomm will make more announcements about the changes later this yearTo support the entire ecosystem to keep Android smartphones as up-to-date as possible. It also remains to be seen whether these announcements will be at IFA in September or the Snapdragon Summit in October, where the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be unveiled. Certainly sounds promising to me.
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