At the I/O conference held on Wednesday Google revealed the new improvements that they are bringing about in their Android N. The Android N Developer Preview 3 includes some of the new changes. During the keynote the company had stated that the Android N will introduce Seamless Updates which is a feature takenfrom Chrome OS. However now only new model of Nexus devices will enjoy the facility of taking advantage of Seamless Updates. Thus the next generation will be able to enjoy limited features. Android Police has found out that the Android N’s new Seamless Update sports few technical requirements, due to which the older generation Nexus devices are not capable of supporting the feature. We have to wait and see whether OEMs will implement the required changes in their upcoming devices.
On Wednesday the VP of Engineering, Dave Burke explained the new Seamless Update saying the next time a user powers up their device, new devices can automatically and seamlessly switch into the new updated system image.The new feature allows for the system OS to be updated in the background.
Usually in Seamless Updates the system updates usually come in the form of deltas meaning that only that part of the system that is changed can be downloaded to a backup boot partition. When we restart the system the backup partition becomes the primary. If there is any problem with the update then the user can go back to the old system to use the previous partition. At the I/O conference held on Wednesday, the Android N Developer Preview 3 was also released by Google where they claimed it to be the first beta-quality candidate suitable to be tested on the consumers tablet or smart phone.
At I/O, Google also released the Android N Developer Preview 3 which was claimed by Google to be the first beta-quality candidate that will be suitable to test on a user’s primary smart phone or tablet.
