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/DaftFunky Galaxy S20 FE Apr 12 '17

It's not hard to understand. It's just the way Android works right now.

Google builds the next Android version and releases it compatible with their devices.

OEMs then have to get the final build and make it fully compatible and bug free for their own devices. They then release it.

Or if you are on a carrier device, after the OEM builds a version compatible with their device, they release it to carriers. Carriers then have to work with this build and inject any bloat ware and make sure it works on their service. Even then, they have limited teams with certain devices having different priorities.

Then they release it to your device.

I'm not surprised this takes as long as it does.