simple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 9 months agoPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1331arrow-down1external-linkPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comsimple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.
minus-squareink@r.nflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down23·9 months agoAre they going to bundle chrome as a system update like apple bundles safari, just so they can say they have longer update cycle?
minus-squaredingleberry@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·9 months agoYou can disable auto update of chrome. And you can switch your default browser. And you can install a system wide adblocker. And you can get a chill pill.
minus-squarelimerod@reddthat.comMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 months agoI’m not sure what you mean by that. Chrome is already a system app on most android devices. Be it pixel, Samsung, oneplus, etc.
minus-squarenewIdentity@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-29 months agoIt’s not Android 4 where the browser actually had to be updated with a system update Also they specifically said OS updates
Are they going to bundle chrome as a system update like apple bundles safari, just so they can say they have longer update cycle?
You can disable auto update of chrome. And you can switch your default browser. And you can install a system wide adblocker. And you can get a chill pill.
I’m not sure what you mean by that. Chrome is already a system app on most android devices. Be it pixel, Samsung, oneplus, etc.
It’s not Android 4 where the browser actually had to be updated with a system update
Also they specifically said OS updates
Why are you like this?