Although Google already permits Android updates to be seamless, one thing I have been capable of admire on the Pixel telephones I’ve owned, just one Samsung Galaxy handset helps the seamless A/B replace system and that’s the Galaxy A55 5G. And that signifies that no flagship Galaxy cellphone presents seamless updates. Nevertheless, a change may very well be coming early subsequent yr when Samsung is anticipated to launch the Galaxy S25 collection.
Leaker Chun Bhai, who occurs to be adopted by two of essentially the most well-known leakers round in Ice Universe and DSCC’s Ross Younger, wrote a succinct tweet on “X” that merely says, “S25 collection help A/B replace.” With the A/B system, one partition, both A or B, is energetic at a given time working the working system. When the up to date software program is loaded, it’s put in on the inactive partition.
Leaker writes tweet calling for seamless Android updates to be accessible for the Galaxy S25 collection subsequent yr. | Picture credit-X
As soon as the replace is full, the gadget is rebooted into the newly up to date partition switching seamlessly to the brand new software program with none downtime. The benefits to utilizing the A/B updates embrace:
- Quicker updates because the person can nonetheless run his/her gadget whereas the cellphone is updating.
- Decreased downtime because the person has to cope with shorter interruptions and boot instances.
- Improved reliability since within the case of a failed replace, the cellphone will be rebooted into the earlier working partition.
- A smoother person expertise that’s extra environment friendly and delivers extra satisfaction to customers.
The older technique that’s used on the Galaxy S24 line is a full-system reboot that requires the gadget to fully restart which is a course of that may take minutes. Throughout that point, the brand new software program is put in on the cellphone and when it’s all finished, the gadget reboots with the brand new software program put in. This technique is taken into account much less environment friendly and extra of a disruption to the person particularly with massive updates. Earlier than the creation of the A/B updates, this was the way in which that Android units could be up to date.
If leaker Chun Bhai is correct, Galaxy S25 collection customers will profit from seamless Android updates as nicely. We might see Sammy’s subsequent flagship collection launched in January 2025.
