Seamless updates: Android 13 to force OEMs to adopt
In addition to the Bluetooth Audio LE support, sleek feats like a new developer toggle, animation tweaks, battery optimization, taskbar and media player enhancements, there’s the Seamless Updates feature present in Android 13.
The Seamless Updates debuted in 2016 but it has been tweaked and it’s taking a few changes. However, even though this software has been here since 6 years ago, OEMs still see some downsides to it. The Seamless Updates downsides have been addressed by Google though, and OEMs will have to adopt it to get the Google Mobile Services license.
What’s the Seamless Updates feature?
This feature is applied to the “system partition of a device where firmware is installed”. The idea is getting A and B partitions that allow users to install an OTA upgrade in the background and be able to install it after rebooting – that being the downtime to it. Another benefit is the ability to revert to a previous update should users, not like the upgrade.
This “Seamless Updates” feature has been since adopted in Google Pixel and other Android OEMs, however, it wasn’t compulsory. But now, OEMs will necessarily have to adopt it to get the Google Mobile Services license.
That said, it seems the Korean tech giant, Samsung hasn’t adopted the Seamless Updates feature yet for reasons best known to them. So users will have to update their smartphones in the nighttime – when they’re about to fall asleep – so as not to witness the downtime attached to the installation of software.
But given the new principle – the adoption of the feature for the GMS license – Samsung might just have to change its mind to fit in. Should the Seamless Updates feature have a vague representation in your mind, you can check out the link below for more information.
