The Nexus range has always stood out for two fundamental virtues, a fantastic quality / price ratio and the best update policy (at least as far as Android is concerned), but it seems that in both cases things have changed, although it is true that in different directions: while, on the one hand, the growing supply of low-cost devices from Asia and the price increases of its latest Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, have made the attractiveness of their price have practically disappeared, for the other, it seems that we are moving in the opposite direction and the news that reaches us is much more positive, with promises of more updates and for longer. We give you all the details.
Monthly security updates
The information comes directly from Google's official Android blog and is divided into two different ads. The first of them, attacks the much discussed security issues of your mobile operating system. From now on, the security improvements and bug fixes that can be exploited to attack our device will no longer be part of the more general update packages and will have specific updates dedicated to them. The reason for this is simply to be able to launch them more frequently and thus better adapt to the needs of users. More concretely, have committed to bringing security updates to Nexus devices every month.
2 years of guaranteed updates
The second announcement refers to the period during which they commit to updating the devices in the range. Although some may not even be aware of it, it is true that in practice it is being much longer (it is said that even the Nexus of 2012, the first Nexus 7 el Nexus 4, they could get to enjoy Android M), until now this was only 18 months. We had been hearing for a long time that it was going to increase in at least 6 months and today this rumor has finally been confirmed: from this moment, Nexus devices will enjoy at least each new version of Android for 2 years.
These two commitments, together with the guarantee of receiving updates before anyone else, continue to increase the distance that today reigns between the devices of Google and the rest of the devices Android as far as software is concerned. Very good news, without a doubt, for those who are already device users Nexus or for those who are considering getting the Nexus 9 or waiting for them to be announced Huawei phablet y LG smartphone In which according to all the leaks to date, work is being done to make their debut this fall.