Google reaffirms commitment to require 2 years of guaranteed Android updates for Android One devices

Google reaffirms commitment to require 2 years of guaranteed Android updates for Android One devicesMany would say that Google's Android One program is an evolution of the company's Google Play Edition series. Although, the Android One program in and of itself has alextremely evolved over the years too. The program was continue focusing on timely updates though and its own landing page on the Android website explicitly said they would receive 2 full years of guaranteed updates. However, a few days ago, Reddit consumer anshumanpati6 noticed the mention of the 2 years of updates had been removed from the landing page. We have yet to see this official response announced on any other major publications extremely as of right now this ought be considered a rumor.

Google is ending Play Service support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Pour one out for Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich: Google announced this day that it's dropping backing for Ice Cream Sandwich for future Play Service API releases, meaning updates for apps on the older version of Android going to likely be few and far between, via 9to5Google. Google is instead having developers aim API level 16 (for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean) as the minimum level of support. And while, in theory, developers can continue to maintain and update a version of their apps specifically for Ice Cream Sandwich users that backing API level 14 or 15, it's unlikely that many going to do so. Only 0.03 percent of Android users are continue running Ice Cream SandwichIt's not the most surphight news: according to Google's developer dashboard, as of October 26th, only 0.03 percent of Android users were continue running Ice Cream Sandwich. Given the poor overall state of Android software updates, chances are if you're continue using a phone by Ice Cream Sandwich, you're probably not getting an update to Jelly Bean anytime soon.

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