This means that carriers such as T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint (now part of the Magenta carrier) will be responsible for testing Android 12 for devices before they give OEMs the nod to push the update to users. That said, Google is now on the verge of kick-starting the Android 12 beta program, making Android 11 seem like a relic of the past. This adds an extra layer of work which results in updates being delivered to carrier-locked units later than unlocked models in some cases, as seen with the Android 11 rollout in the U.S. While that’s indeed good news, there are still some bottlenecks in the way Android updates are released to the public, and smartphone carriers are one of them, possibly even the biggest bottlenecks of all.Ĭarriers such as Verizon and T-Mobile first test system updates independently before giving OEMs the green light to send out software updates to their phones. Matter of fact, a report in December highlighted the fact that Android 11 has the fastest adoption rate of any version yet. Most Android smartphone vendors have already rolled out the Android 11 update for over fifty percent of eligible devices from their portfolios. Original story (published on May 06, 2021) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
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