G+_Richard Tan Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 See if I am crazy, but with 7.1 only coming out as a dev preview towards the end of the year won't Google's partners be at a disadvantage? I mean they won't get access to it until 6 months later when it hits AOSP and by that time the Pixel might be on 7.2..... Originally shared by Richard Tan This makes me angry - Pixel is becoming the first class citizen and it is wrong The Pixel will ship with 7.1 in a few weeks. Yeh! New Android version, lets head over to AOSP to see the source so devs and partners can start building towards it.... oh wait a minute... 7.1 is coming towards the end of the year to Nexus devices as a Dev preview. I am not so concern about the Dev preview but the fact that 7.1 is stable, it is on the Pixel so why is it not in AOSP. Is it me or is this wrong. Whenever a new version came out it was put on AOSP within a few weeks or a month tops. As we probably have 2 or 3 rounds of the dev preview it will be around Feb when we will get official 7.1 on AOSP for partners like Samsung, HTC to start building towards. This is such an unfair advantage to the Google Hardware team. So much for a firewall... Anyway I think this is a dangerous precedent we are heading towards. All OEMs and Partners should be on a level playing field, but Google just gave themselves a 6 month head start. (or Pixel 7.1 is just a beta software which is shipping on a very expensive premium device) http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/04/android-7-1-coming-current-nexus-devices-pixel-c-will-land-end-2016-dev-preview/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/04/android-7-1-coming-current-nexus-devices-pixel-c-will-land-end-2016-dev-preview/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joseph Cappellino Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 This is no different than the current Nexus program. OEMs have the ability to get early access to the source code via a program (I can't recall the name), albeit at a cost. Once the version is generally available, it will hit AOSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Richard Tan Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 But if they have early access, can they actually release it? I mean 7.1 is ready now so for example can Samsung (in an alternative universe) release it tomorrow? I am pretty sure they can't until Google sanctions it through the Android Compatibility test, which probably isn't ready for 7.1. I guess we will find out to see if anyone updates to 7.1 before it drops to AOSP. Pretty sure I never seen it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Richard Tan Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 Andrew Uschold But it won't be, 7.1 is moving to dev preview.. which means the stable build won't be out till Feb/March which means it won't hit AOSP till then... unless I am missing something.... What I don't get is if 7.1 is final, why is it going into dev preview... lol www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/04/android-7-1-coming-current-nexus-devices-pixel-c-will-land-end-2016-dev-preview/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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