Why Samsung is very slow in giving Android updates ? Each year I hear that this time the updates will come sooner but nothing changes. Why we have to wait for so long to get our hands on the new Android... It's so frustrating. I'm buying S serious flagship every year in hope that it is the best of Samsung and I will get every damn feature ahead of anyone else but getting disappointed everytime. Samsung even not responding on the bugs and errors which I have reported recently. I'm a BIG Samsung fan and don't wanna switch to any other brand but please guys improve your service and user experience. Please.
Because They Have Make Their Own UI SYESTEM Which obviously Takes Time to design it and to make sure it has no bugs not just a stock Its A Samsung Way Of Rock.
Update Roll-Out Cycle: Let’s start with how an Android update is actually released and what all stages or levels it goes through until it finally knocks your device’s door.
First things first, Android is an Open Source Project (AOSP as we call it) and what I mean by that is that anybody can get the permission to use Android’s source code to build their own version or better known as the Android skin for a particular device. However, there are various factors which come into the picture.
Android devices use chipsets from different manufacturers such as Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung, Intel etc. So in order to make the new update compatible with each of the chipset, the respective chipset makers share their codes with the different OEMs. As a result, this step easily takes up a month for the chipset makers to blend the new update to their different processor variants. On the other hand, Apple doesn’t really have to go all this as the devices who will get a new software update are all Apple devices, hence, they all use Apple’s own chip inside. This is primarily the reason why Apple takes a lot less time testing an update on a particular device than any of the Android chipset makers out there.
The next step is where OEMs bake in their own Android Skins. The source code which the OEMs receive from various chipset makers is then layered with company’s own proprietary skin. Samsung’s TouchWiz, Xiaomi MIUI, HTC Sense, ColorOS all our examples of Android skin. Now, this layering might involve adding in certain features, blocking certain features, adding certain apps etc. Post this, the OEMs try to add certain hardware features to their devices to make them even more distinctive. Samsung Galaxy S8 and Noe 8 having the Iris Scanner feature is a prime example of this.
The last step involves testing. Yes! Before companies like Samsung, HTC, LG, Lenovo, Xiaomi roll out an update to their users, they first release it for a bunch of people who then test everything which can possibly be tested on an Operating System update. OnePlus’s Open Beta update programme is pretty close to what I am talking about here. Further, this is where Carriers also perform their own testing in order to make sure that the update is stable.
