Until now, the manufacturers was always quite what version of Android they installed on new devices, writes the generally very reliable Android Police .
However, the site has information in the hands suggesting that Google is going to set a lower limit to the Android version. Failing to meet manufacturers, Google does not have permission to use. Google Mobile Services This is a set of services including the Play Store, Google Maps and Gmail.
Approval
a list held by Android Police shows that Google no longer accepts devices with Android versions 2.3 to 4.1 since February 1. Devices with Android 4.2 may not be approved until February 24, the deadline for devices with Android 4.3 is on July 31.
From that date, manufacturers can only new devices with Android 4.4 or higher Kitkat Google approval. Manufacturers would have already approved devices can bring. After the deadline on the market
Deadline
an alleged memo from the Android team, the new rules are clarified and read that developers after release of a new Android version nine months, the time to support it.
The memo suggests to Android Police that such a deadline is new. The alleged policy change is probably the first noticeable with cheaper Android devices. In contrast to high-end devices often use an older version of Android.
Android is the variety of versions is much more fragmented than iOS. 80 percent of active iOS users is at version 7, which became available in September 2013. In Android, the adoption of new versions much slower.
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