Today, we are officially introducing Android 8.0 Oreo, the latest release of the platform – and it’s smarter, faster and more powerful than ever. It comes with new features like picture-in-picture and Autofill to help you navigate tasks seamlessly. Plus, it’s got stronger security protections and speed improvements that keep you safe and moving at lightspeed. When you’re on your next adventure, Android Oreo is the superhero to have by your side (or in your pocket!).
Coming to a device near you. Eventually. Maybe. But probably not.
KitKat, now Oreo. Why must it look like advertising ?
I propose “Orange”.
Fruits are healthier and taste better than these awful industrial biscuits made of sugar and cardboard.
Bummer, Orange is also a brand !
Looking forward to Android Pringles and Android Red Bull.
They have to be desserts though, right? So maybe Payday and Reese’s.
Though, I do wish they would lay off the branding and go back to generic desserts, maybe Parfait or Peanut Brittle for the next version, and Red Velvet Cake (skipping “Q” as you did, because I can’t think of a generic dessert for that letter).
How about Australia’s national dessert pavlova?
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/traditional-pavlova/5e336628-e743-4…
Quesada?
http://noshon.it/recipes/quesada-pasiega-spanish-catabrian-cheeseca…
Android Opera would have been a really nice name. :-p
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_cake
(and would have spawned a truckload of threads about running Opera for Android on Android Opera…)
One of the most interesting features of Android Oreo applies mostly to devices will ship with it (rather than receiving an update). Devices that ship with it are required to support “Project Treble”, which is the first practical thing Google has done to address the Android update problem (other than ask OEMs nicely to try harder). Treble-ized devices have a stable and formalized hardware abstraction layer enforced by a certification suite that will that will be capable of hosting newer versions of Android without change. Most importantly, it’ll be required to be able to support the version of Android built from the publicly released AOSP sources.
Since this only applies to devices that ship with Android Oreo out of the box, it’ll be at least two years before we if the scheme works as intended, but at least _something_ is being done.
Like with all things that Google has prefixed with “project” that pretty much amounted to nothing, I remain skeptical.
However it’s a very good reason to NOT buy any Android device which is not running Android O out of the box. Just in case.
This will hardly change anything because updates are still going to be delivered by OEMs and mobile operators, and Google doesn’t want to disallow customizations.
http://androidbackstage.blogspot.de/2017/08/episode-75-project-treb…
Shame that Project Treble only really covers the Android Framework and not the kernel, where the really scary bugs are… damned constantly mutating Linux kernel and it’s lack of stable interfaces and toothless GPL…
No news about Go “optimised” version release? Seems a bit rushed just to catch the eclipse.
Coming to a device near you. Eventually. Maybe. But probably not.
Says all you need to know about the fragmented Android environment.
Google could sort it out but seem to not want to.
Google would love to sort it out, but they’ve kind of dug themselves into a hole by making it so open. You can’t have an open operating system and still have it locked down.
Probably because except for a few geeks, noone really cares about software updates. I am a geek, and I don’t even care. The updates are released so often they don’t contain many visible changes. These Android updates seems almost as irrelevant as the Windows 10 creators update
I run devices with 4.4, 5.01 and 6.01 on a daily basis. The practical differences are negligible IMO. The big jump was from 2.3 to 4.0.
Yes, exactly, and this is why i don´t get all the fuss.
Though to be honest i was waiting impatiently for the 5.0 update because it had new pretty looks… But after having it for a few weeks i would be fine with 4.X again. I think the only difference for me between the Samsung version of 7.0 i have now and the Samsung 4.X series, is that i no longer run Nova Launcher.
It really depends on what you want. On my main phone I constantly use multi-window, which is a relatively new feature. On my older phones I couldn’t care less.
“Coming to a device near you. Eventually. Maybe. But probably not.”
You`ve made my day. Thank you Thom. 🙂
Why not? One of my phones already runs it, my main one will run it by the end of the year, and my other phones will run it due to the magic of alternative ROMs.
So… don’t generalise.
Your own comment is a perfect illustration why it is OK to “generalize”. You say you have Android O because you use alternative ROM’s. You are among the .01% of Android users who use these pieces of software that are unofficial and not supported by Google, manufacturers, and carriers. Therefore, generally, hardly anyone of any significant numbers will see Android O for years to come.
I dabbled in alternative ROMS a few years ago myself. Some worked fine while some required constant tinkering to remain stable and some were just plain bad. Some didn’t even allow the use of some my phones’ features. I got tired of them and switched to “stock” via the official Google phones.
No. That phone is a Nexus one. My main phone is not, but it’s confirmed to receive the O update (sometime…). I only have alternative ROMs on my older phones, none of them receive official security updates now. I don’t actually disagree with Thom here.
The thing that really pisses me off about Android upgrades is the planned obsolescence. Only 2 years of updates for a $£€800+ phone when I buy it straight from you, Google? And you don’t provide official insurance outside North America? Hell no! Google still needs to learn a bunch of stuff from Apple.
I thinks it’s amazing my 2012 Nexus 4 I use for work every day running 4.2 still able to run apps I use. Those apps still update. I can still back it up. I don’t have to upgrade my computer to connect to it. Fruitylicious! True about 2.x to 4.x. I still prefer the 4.x series to newer.