The Android 16 situation is bigger than you think

Android 16 is coming early this time around which is very interesting given the delay we had with Android 15 this year. However, it coming early isn't the biggest thing about the whole situation in my opinion. There is something far more important that not heaps of people are talking about in videos at the moment.

[SouravSatvaya]

Is it really necessary to launch a new update every year? After Android 12 nothing's changed much. All those changes are just minor adjustments and Google present this every year as a brand new update. They can go with the Windows' direction. Add features or changes to the existing version and release a major update after 3-4 years when necessary.

[WeaponsGG]

Is it just me or am I no longer excited to get android version upgrades? Every year they remove something that made android, android. First headphone jack, then SD cards, then it was IR blasters, after that it was being locked out of the "Android" folder on internal storage, then the android storage framework started blocking access to the root of the internal storage and now you can't use FTP to copy files over and instead have to use slow MTP that fails half the time. The Apple-ification of android is really bugging me. There are very little good alternatives in the NA market :(

[itchylol]

Me, still waiting to get Android 15: 👁👄👁

[dReductionSpace]

"The Android 16 situation is crazy"

[Technosquid]

"Limit charging to 80%" would be a big step towards hardware sustainability. Too bad it didn't make it into final Android 15 for Pixel...

[whoever_]

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Dude...There seems to be a small title problem with Android Police videos.
They often make no sense aka they are typical clickbait.

Case in point: The "Android 16 situation" is NOT bigger than you think.
Actually nobody was thinking about it because there is no situation to speak of.
Most haven't got 15 and/or 14 yet and 16 is many months away. Years away for many.
Hence, unless you are a developer or a hardcore recent Pixel user, this video is quite irrelevant.

[nblank]

I still believe Android 11 is peak of Android.
(Android 9-11 era was epic)

[mjc]

I clicked this video thinking it's about Android 16. Instead it's about the Pixel 6. 👎 for the massively inaccurate video title.

[lelwani]

I guess the "7 Android version upgrades" things make more sense if they just crap these versions out rapid fire. Still on Android 14 btw.

[Afraz_n]

Im very glad the pixel 6 will get android 16 now. I'm still using my regular 6 since launch its a great phone to this day. No problems whatsoever so this has come as a welcome surprise

[Rizwaan]

The way the smartphone world is going I reckon they're gonna just stop making new phones at some point, and instead just charge users £500 every 6 months to get a new android version update

[nighthawk]

The hardware on the pixels is tragic. Battery, charging speed, SoC and old cameras. I see no reason to upgrade from my pixel 6 pro to a pixel 9 pro, just incremental updates.
If i could have the Vivo x100 ultra with pixel OS, i would be really happy

[HassanRadwan]

Loved my Pixel 6. Had it for 3 years and only upgraded last week to the Pixel 9 because of Black Friday offers plus Google's Trade in offer. Love the Pixel 9 and it is definitely a good upgrade, but not by as much as you might think as the Pixel 6 software upgrades over the years really kept pace. (Pixel 9 is better in the hand though than the P6 imho)

[adnanabdullah]

The algorithm got em boys 😞 he's now going to cover "[insert key word] situation" instead of tech

[shinyahiiragi]

Bro... In the video titled "Android 16 situation is bigger than you think" the actual description of Android 16 features starts at 5:15 out of total 8 minutes...

Also I have the even dimmer feature in my Xperia 10 VI which runs on android 14...

[SUPnurA]

I never understood why google chose to go 3yrs of OS updates and 5yrs of Security update, man just complete it, give us the full 5yrs of OS updates to P6&7.

Now thankfully, they finally realised and giving (giving) us the full proper OS updates.

P6&7 should get the full 5yrs of Updates.

[DavitTheCore]

The entire Pixel 6 series is getting 2 more years of updates. We will be getting Android 17 on these phones too.

[AryansinghT]

Google recently upgraded the kernel version of the 6 series to the level of current 9 series. Maybe this has opened the opportunity to upgrade pixel 6 series to A16. And by looking at this, we just might get A17 in 2026. Being a 6A user, im delighted to hear this news. Although the updates over the years seem very incremental on the surface level, even though numerous upgrades and fixes are being done under the hood. Android 14 and 15 felt like 13.1 and 13.2.

[makspain]

Google always ignore those tiny things like this. Charge at 80%, put close all button at the front place, 3rd party icon support.
The big one desktop support that keeps getting in Developer mode.

[RalphJaysonSantiago]

every time I see your videos, I always appreciate my older devices. thanks man