Samsung is on a mission. It says that it’s going to push out Android 14 sooner than it disseminated Android 13 this 12 months. Google’s personal Pixel telephones are nonetheless the gold commonplace in the case of getting the latest Android construct forward of the pack. However Samsung’s Android 13/One UI 5.0 replace did ship the newest Unicode 15 emoji to Galaxy house owners earlier than Pixel customers.
Samsung has bragged about how briskly it was in a position to get Android13/One UI 5.0 pushed out this 12 months and whereas it has already up to date its higher-end telephones and even the Galaxy Tab S8 pill line, by the top of the 12 months Samsung says that gadgets just like the Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S6 Lite will even be working Android 13/One UI 5.0.
Samsung “drastically lower the interval” between the time Google launched Android 13 and Samsung pushed it out
In a press launch,
Samsung (by way of
9to5Google) mentioned that this 12 months’s replace “drastically decreased the time interval” between the discharge of Android 13 and the “deployment” of One UI 5.0. Samsung has proven a giant enchancment in how briskly it delivers the newest Android model. Exterior of Google’s personal Pixel gadgets, it could possibly take just a few months for Android telephones to obtain the newest construct of the working system.
As you would possibly anticipate, the Galaxy S22 collection was the primary Samsung line to obtain Android 13
Samsung was the quickest of any Android telephone producer in delivering Android 13 to its prospects (once more, excluding Google). Telephones just like the Google Pixel line and the Apple iPhone are in a position to obtain updates sooner than the competitors for the reason that similar firm that designs the telephones additionally makes the software program (Android and iOS, respectively). In reality, it’s the massive variety of totally different Android producers that provides the platform its status for being fragmented.
When
Google used to launch the distribution numbers for Android every month, probably the most not too long ago launched model would by no means have a big proportion of installs. That was as a result of fragmentation. For instance, simply earlier than the discharge of Android 13, Android 11 was on probably the most handsets (27%) and was on greater than twice the variety of telephones working Android 12. And if you happen to recall, Samsung Galaxy house owners used to have to attend for fairly just a few months earlier than they acquired the newest Android replace.
Samsung’s new discovered partnership with Google helps the South Korean producer in some ways
A part of the rationale why
Samsung was in a position to step up the tempo of its Android 13 updates is due to its shut partnership with Google. Samsung even makes word of this in its press launch when it mentioned, “Samsung Electronics will proceed to strengthen cooperation with Google and actively hearken to person suggestions to proceed to replace One UI sooner and with greater perfection.”
The One UI interface that Samsung pushes out with the newest Android replace was created to assist its prospects use large-screened handsets with one hand. That is completed by shifting a lot of the actionable parts to the underside of the show.
Samsung says that it took solely two months from the time Google launched the ultimate steady model of Android 13 in August to October twenty fourth when it first dropped the Android 13/One UI 5.0 replace. Once more, the corporate says that will probably be even sooner in 2023 with Android 14/One UI 6.
In case you are questioning, it appears that evidently the upcoming Galaxy S23 flagship collection can have Android 13 pre-installed together with One UI 5.1. Simply yesterday we handed alongside a report that claims
Samsung is sort of finished creating the interface. The Galaxy S23 line is predicted to be unveiled in the course of the subsequent Samsung Unpacked occasion which may happen in January or February of 2023.
One space the place Samsung is forward of Google’s Pixels is within the variety of Android updates its flagship fashions obtain. Whereas each the newest Pixels and the Galaxy S22 obtain 5 years of safety updates, the latter will obtain 4 years of main Android updates in comparison with simply three with the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 strains. This needs to be embarrassing to Google since, as we have identified, it designs the telephone and develops the software program.
