We can't offer an explanation as for why they chose not to support it, as Google explains that A/B dual partitions don't really take up that much more space compared to non-A/B setups. Unfortunately, many Android device makers choose not to implement A/B seamless updates for one reason or another. Besides faster updates, A/B seamless system updates also gives you a fallback in case something goes wrong when updating, and also means you won't have to have enough free space in order to download an update package. Google adopted this style of partitioning with the Google Pixel and Pixel XL after seeing success on its Chrome OS devices. This also means that you can update one partition in the background and then swap to it when you reboot-thus your update is seamless! Because each partition is a copy, they can be used interchangeably to boot into Android. Most devices have only a single copy of each partition, but devices that support seamless updates have two copies of certain partitions-slot A and slot B, hence A/B-so that one copy of the partition lies dormant while the other is in active use. The internal storage of each Android device is separated into partitions such as system and boot.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |