“Phone manufacturers slow in updating Android” – Financieele Dagblad

Krantentitel: ‘Consumers’ Manufacturers slow in updating Android”

Het mobile operating system Android 6.0, or “Marshmallow” as Google calls it, has not yet determined widespread. The Consumers’ Association says that the software meets only 16% of the devices tested in the Netherlands. According to the Association manufacturers need to quickly update their devices.

The new system, which was introduced in October last year, has just requested features in the area of ​​privacy and use of apps, along with efficient battery usage. These changes are not very large, but were received by the tech world with open arms.

Better protection of personal data, one of key elements of Android 6.0, is a hot topic. According to the security company Security Marble represent 30% of all apps on the Google Play Store guilty of collecting and selling personal information.

HTC scores well

According to the Consumers’ scores in terms of updates HTC best. The least loyal to their client’s Acer, often run on versions below 5.0 whose phones. Sony is catching up with Android 6.0 – recently received three prominent phones from the company’s latest version of the software

One. advantages of Android, but simultaneously also one of the problems is the openness of the system. Because the majority of the big phone and tablet manufacturers can make use of Android, there are hundreds of devices since 2007 officially put Android on the market.

Apple

Apple makes its iOS operating system only for its own phones and tablets, the company updates its software regularly. Google does the same with its own Nexus phones. But the responsibility for updating Android overwhelmingly of phones and tablets, is the developer himself.

The process updating is therefore often difficult, because the hardware among the phones is very diverse and the new version of Android usually new system requirements ask that some phones do not meet

Worldwide

In comparison with the rest of the world contain phones in the Netherlands relatively more often the latest version of Android. According to the Google Developers Blog worldwide only 4.6% of the equipment in use Android 6.0.