Galaxy S9 should land Android 9 faster
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The new features that the latest
Android8.0 Oreo update brings to the table, and to the newly-announced
Galaxy S9and
S9+in particular, aren't overwhelming, but one of them is of particular note -
Project Treble.
It is
Google's final push to remedy slow Android updates by separating the basic, core Android framework, from the manufacturer image, thus allowing it to be updated much faster than before, as it will be uniform across the board.
There are a few Project Treble phones currently on the market, like
Huawei's
Mate 10and
Mate 10 Pro, but those launched with Oreo from the get-go, like
Samsung's 2017 darlings
Galaxy S8or
Note 8, won't be among those
even after their respective Oreo updates. The reason is that these were never crafted with the thought to have their Android core split from Samsung's Experience UI overlay.
If you want major Android software updates to happen faster on Samsung's handsets (and who can say they don't, given their average time between updates), you'd have to
splurge for the Galaxy S9 and S9+, as, since those have been conceived with Oreo in mind, they are confirmed to support Project Treble. Thus, when
Google takes center stage in Mayto announce
Android 9.0 P, you can finally see new features and perks that your spring Samsung flagship will get much faster than what's usually a multi-month delay.
