US-based technology giant Google is currently working on Android 11, the upcoming next-generation mobile operating system. The new Android version, which we expect to be announced in the coming months, will bring dozens of new features to the Android ecosystem. As such, developers are also reviewing the Android 11 developer preview version offered by Google and uncovering some new features to come with Android 11. A new feature that is expected to appear on Android 11 has surfaced. This feature, which is critical for consumers, seems to compel technology manufacturers to work together. So what is this feature that will force the world giants to come together? Continuous updates announced in 2016 become mandatory with Android 11 Developers working on Android 11 found that this operating system enforces the “seamless update” feature. This fixation means that a tech maker must have seamless updates to offer Android 11. Otherwise, tech manufacturers will not be able to update their smartphones to Android 11 and above. Continuous updates; is of great importance to consumers. This feature allows a smartphone to make important and major updates, even during use. The user does not even understand that the update has been done, since the update is done in the background of the device. In addition, uninterrupted updates protect consumers’ devices in case of possible errors, preventing system crash and providing system recovery. Technology manufacturers must have virtual A / B sections in order to use the seamless update feature. These virtual partitions work in different ways before and after the update. If you wish, let’s take a closer look at what these virtual A and virtual B sections, one of which is always active and the other is passive, works and how these sections work during the update. Namely; The virtual A and virtual B partitions on a phone keep the Android version used before updating. If an update is made while the consumer continues to use his phone as usual, the virtual B section contains the new update. After the phone is rebooted, while the virtual B section is actively used, the virtual A section becomes inactive. This cycle forms the basis for uninterrupted updating. So while you continue to use the device in the virtual A section, the phone updates itself in the virtual B section. When you restart the device, you start using the virtual B section, the new Android version. In fact, consumers met in 2016 with the feature of continuous updating. Technology manufacturers such as Sony, Motorola, Google, HTC, LG, OnePlus, Sony and Asus have featured this feature on their released phones. But technology giants like Samsung and Huawei did not feature this feature even on their flagship phones. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, which was announced on February 11, does not have an uninterrupted update feature despite the dozens of premium features it offers. Google has strongly recommended the continuous update feature over the past years. However, recent developments show that Google required this feature with Android 11. So if this feature is not available on the phone, the device will not have Android 11 and Google Services.
