Verizon will control Android updates for Google Pixel phones it sells

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Post by monsieurpng » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 1:48 AM UTC

Verizon will control Android updates for Google Pixel phones it sells
theverge.com

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Post by jaflo » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:38 AM UTC

Interesting that this is an AMP link, loads faster than the regular page (http://www.theverge.com//2016/10/6/13191614/verizon-google-p...)

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Post by berberous » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:43 AM UTC

jaflo wrote: post #2

Interesting that this is an AMP link, loads faster than the regular page ( http://www.theverge.com//2016/10/6/13191614/verizon-google-p... )

What is this AMP garbage? I've noticed it everywhere in the past few weeks and it has been really annoying. Trying to copy/paste Gothamist links on mobile to send to other people was an exercise in frustration. Had to request the desktop to site to get the real URL and send that for it to work.

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Post by dingo_bat » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:44 AM UTC

jaflo wrote: post #2

Interesting that this is an AMP link, loads faster than the regular page ( http://www.theverge.com//2016/10/6/13191614/verizon-google-p... )

But scrolls so bad that I still read the normal page. Thanks for the link.

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Post by 0xFFC » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 3:02 AM UTC

What is update path/policy for iPhones? Do Verizon sell iPhones too? Do they control it's update too? Or iPhones gets their update directly from Apple? (I am only aware of noncontract iphones, which do get update regularly from Apple itself.)

P.S. I do not live in USA. I am asking because this is huge mistake for Google. With their new branding I hoped they will deliver updates to pixel line as smooth as Chromebooks. But it seems nothing changed in regard to Android update problem.

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Post by crooked-v » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 3:05 AM UTC

0xFFC wrote: post #5

What is update path/policy for iPhones? Do Verizon sell iPhones too? Do they control it's update too? Or iPhones gets their update directly from Apple? (I am only aware of noncontract iphones, which do get update regularly from Apple itself.) P.S. I do not live in USA. I am asking because this is huge mistake for Google. With their new branding I hoped they will deliver updates to pixel line as smooth as Chromebooks.…

Apple has 100% control over all updates to their phones.

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Post by ecopoesis » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 3:05 AM UTC

0xFFC wrote: post #5

What is update path/policy for iPhones? Do Verizon sell iPhones too? Do they control it's update too? Or iPhones gets their update directly from Apple? (I am only aware of noncontract iphones, which do get update regularly from Apple itself.) P.S. I do not live in USA. I am asking because this is huge mistake for Google. With their new branding I hoped they will deliver updates to pixel line as smooth as Chromebooks.…

Verizon does sell iPhones. They do not control iOS updates on them.

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Post by rch » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 3:10 AM UTC

berberous wrote: post #3

jaflo wrote: post #2

Interesting that this is an AMP link, loads faster than the regular page ( http://www.theverge.com//2016/10/6/13191614/verizon-google-p... )

What is this AMP garbage? I've noticed it everywhere in the past few weeks and it has been really annoying. Trying to copy/paste Gothamist links on mobile to send to other people was an exercise in frustration. Had to request the desktop to site to get the real URL and send that for it to work.

I've had the opposite experience, and I'd anticipate clicking on ever fewer non-amp links over time.

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Post by thezilch » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 3:13 AM UTC

berberous wrote: post #3

jaflo wrote: post #2

Interesting that this is an AMP link, loads faster than the regular page ( http://www.theverge.com//2016/10/6/13191614/verizon-google-p... )

What is this AMP garbage? I've noticed it everywhere in the past few weeks and it has been really annoying. Trying to copy/paste Gothamist links on mobile to send to other people was an exercise in frustration. Had to request the desktop to site to get the real URL and send that for it to work.

https://www.ampproject.org/

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Post by hossbeast » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 3:14 AM UTC

0xFFC wrote: post #5

What is update path/policy for iPhones? Do Verizon sell iPhones too? Do they control it's update too? Or iPhones gets their update directly from Apple? (I am only aware of noncontract iphones, which do get update regularly from Apple itself.) P.S. I do not live in USA. I am asking because this is huge mistake for Google. With their new branding I hoped they will deliver updates to pixel line as smooth as Chromebooks.…

Of course, you can just buy your pixel from Google