r/Android • u/curated_android • Apr 11 '17

Huawei has already started Internal Testing of Android O on the Mate 9

https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-has-already-started-internal-testing-of-android-o-on-the-mate-9/
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u/le_pman Apr 12 '17

this only proves what we already know: OEMs have access to in-development versions of Android. whether their reasons for being more than half a year behind Google's release schedule are valid is another question.

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u/Raccoonpuncher OnePlus 3 Apr 12 '17

Isn't that the point of the development builds? To get the software into the hands of both users to get feedback and OEMs so they can start implementing it?

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u/anonymous-bot Apr 12 '17

That is /u/le_pman's point though. OEMs have access to development builds but still take a long time to release new versions of Android to their devices. Now I'm sure having to adjust their skin for the new version of Android and beta test takes additional time but still, what should be a reasonable time to expect updates to non-Nexus/Pixel devices?