Fresher OS with Projects Treble and Mainline
Posted by Anwar Ghuloum, Engineering Director and Maya Ben Ari, Product Manager, Android With each new OS release, we are making efforts to deliver the latest OS improvements to more Android devices. Thanks to Project Treble and our continuous collaboration with silicon manufacturers and OEM partners, we have improved the overall quality of the ecosystem and accelerated Android 9 Pie OS adoption by 2.5x compared to Android Oreo. Moreover, Android security updates continue to reach more users, with an 84% increase in devices receiving security updates in Q4, when compared to a year before. This year, we have increased our overall beta program reach to 15 devices, in addition to Pixel, Pixel 2 and Pixel 3/3a running Android Q beta : Huawei Mate 20 Pro, LG G8, Sony Xperia XZ3, OPPO Reno, Vivo X27, Vivo NEX S, Vivo NEX A, OnePlus 6T, Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G, Xiaomi Mi 9, Realme 3 Pro, Asus Zenfone 5z, Nokia 8.1, Tecno Spark 3 Pro, and Essential PH-1. But our work hasn’t stopped there. We are c...