Qualcomm has announced that it has partnered with Google to implement Android P on devices powered by Snapdragon chips.
The U.S.-based chipset giant has optimized software on some mobile platforms to help manufacturers when upgrading to Android P. The goal is to allow Google to improve the speed of its OS upgrades. Qualcomm says it’s bringing the feature to its 845, 660 and 636 Snapdragon processors.
The fruits of this Qualcomm-Google partnership can be seen by the increased number of OEMs making the Android P developer preview available on their devices.
This all works thanks to Project Treble, the hardware interface architecture that was part of the Android Oreo release in 2017. Project Treble makes it easier for device manufacturers to update their phones.
Hopefully this new initiative helps make updates faster and more consistent for Android users, since Android has suffered from fragmentation for a long time.
Only time will tell if manufacturers get on board, but seven have already added devices to the beta program.
Essential, Nokia, OnePlus, Sony, OPPO, Xiaomi and Vivo have all announced availability.
Find a full list of the devices here.
Source: Qualcomm
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