Android is switching to a regular maintenance schedule for more predictable updates

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 23 Aug 2016

Minor tweaks bug fixes aren’t new for Android updates, but wants to make the process far less haphazard. 

A post on the Android Developers Blog details that is moving to a regular maintenance schedule “over the coming quarters,” with an eye towards a predictable process more feedback from developers.

Vice president of engineering Dave Burke said has already started work on some issues that are on the list will transition to a new schedule in the coming months. st as it did with the Android N eview, updates will come first to a Dev eview before they’re sent out to everyone else. You’ll be able to download flash the latest preview to try it out in advance of a final release.

In other words, Android Nougat is getting more than just security patches bugfix releases. There will be some point-releases that bring new features refinement, those releases will be tested in public just as the initial release was.

y this matters: This is primarily aimed at developers, as it gives companies that make Android devices a more predictable schedule of when updates may arrive. It’s another indication that should you want the most reliable update schedule you should go with a Nexus device, as such updates will come there first before manufacturers obtain tweak them from the Android Open Source oject.