Oppo has already begun ColorOS 16 beta testing on several devices and will soon start rolling out the stable update as well.

Its early debut means your Motorola phone should get Android 16 faster than usual, too. The brand has recently confirmed a list of eligible devices for the next Android upgrade, and it should also ...

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SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google has released a test version of its annual upgrade to its Android software without the usual fanfare heralding the latest operating system powering most smartphones.

Samsung plans to match Google's release cadence for Android, requiring them to speed up software updates for Galaxy devices. Here's how.

"Our 6-yr-old Fairphone 2 is being upgraded to Android 10," Fairphone said in an update on Twitter. "That's 7 years of software support! An industry first for an Android device!

And most of ’em, as I’ve learned from closely tracking upgrade delivery performance since Android’s earliest days, do a pretty shoddy job at getting new software into users’ hands.