While we were waiting for the arrival of A/B updates on the Samsung Galaxy S23, the manufacturer did not implement them on its latest series of smartphones. A feature introduced on Android in 2016 and found in several other brands.
A few days ago, the Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and Galaxy S23 Ultra were formalized and handled by us. The opportunity to take stock of the new features brought by the latest Samsung smartphones. However, it seems that these new high-end phones do not take advantage of the function Seamless Updates of Android, despite the arrival of One UI 5.1, the manufacturer’s interface based on Android 13.
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No Seamless Updates for Galaxy S23
The journalist from ComputerBase Nicolas La Rocco said on Twitter that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra does not support seamless updates.
Tea #GalaxyS23Ultra still doesn’t support A/B partitions. https://t.co/NTN15Bal3Y pic.twitter.com/A1i1RGWyhh
— Nicolas La Rocco (@roccetry) February 3, 2023
A priori therefore, always restart your Samsung model when a system update is downloaded, then wait in front of an installation screen for the update to be deployed. Although the feature is not available on the Galaxy S23 while the brand is known for its delay on this. Samsung mentioned its arrival on One UI 6, the future interface based on Android 14.
It will be recalled, in return, that Samsung is still one of the best students on the longevity of software monitoring by guaranteeing four years of major Android updates. And the manufacturer aims to improve the speed of deployments.
What are updates for? transparent »?
THE Seamless Updates (literally “transparent updates”) are a type of Android update that relies on an A/B partition system. In it, Android is divided into two parts: A and B. The operating system is active on the first partition and the new version of Android is downloaded on the second. Once the download is complete, when you restart your smartphone, this is done on partition B, which then becomes active.
This avoids having to wait for your phone to update. Lately, Android 13 has improved theSeamless Updateswith reduced installation time.
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