Android versions don't matter anymore.

Android 15 has left the station and despite having much anticipation, the update doesn't feel like the huge jump that maybe some of us thought it would be. The Android 5.0 update was released a decade ago and it felt like a monumental change. So why does 2024's platform upgrade not match the level? Find out today!

[GamingQuest]

Who remembers when updates used to basically change your phone

[lowkeygaming]

Android is indeed mature now, several years ago I was so into rooting and flashing custom roms but I don't see much benefits of doing it now.

[AponTechy]

Android 4.4 to Android 5 was the bigest update ever seen

[VIJAYBALAJI_G]

"KitKat to pie" the best android updates periods

[SatongiFilms]

I'm sad they dropped dessert names

[pickle]

As a samsung user, the biggest update was android 9, because it's when samsung introduced One Ui. It changed my S8 completely, and i used to be SO excited.

[rngeekerd]

Companies have realized that the 7 years of software update promise might not be as easy to implement as they realized. By fragmenting software features away from otherwise normal OS updates and making them "hardware" exclusive, they can bring minimal improvements and software reskins to these devices and as long as the version counter goes up, the manufacturers will have fulfilled their promise.

[rakesh]

Material Design introduced in Lollipop back in 2014 still getting implemented today...5.0 was the biggest update

[priyabratasaha]

Lollipop was a complete change in ui design. I remember being excited about it. Good old days.

[safwankavil]

Smartphones peaked in 2019. Everything after that were minimal upgrades. The only thing and this is only the thing that still is an issue are the cameras. For some reason all smartphone cameras go bad after 2-3 yrs. About the 2019 thing, Loaded Oneplus 6T with latest lineageOS custom Rom Android 14 and boy it is just as smooth and consistent as an android phone in 2024.

[Whfox]

2.x Gingerbread to 4 Kitkat, and from there to 5 Lollipop.

Starting from 10/11 everything began to feel like small updates.

[mhirst]

This comment isn't directly related to this video, but I have to say that I love the fact that for the most part, Android developers make it so the latest versions of their apps can be used on much older hardware and software.

Back in 2018 I decided to pick up a 1st gen iPhone SE as a secondary device to see what the other side is all about. Well, imagine my surprise when recently I went to update the Ebay app, but couldn't because the newest version requires iOS16 and the SE tops out at 15. As a main Android user, this really surprised me that the iPhone couldn't get the latest version because iOS15 isn't even that old.

I know all apps are different, but by and large, support for older versions seems to be much better on Android.

[tobiewolfen]

Android versions don't matter until specific features are gated behind versions. 🤷‍♂️

[MichaelBTech]

At 7:00 you talked about a "Google version of AirDrop". Isn't that QuickShare that's currently available on Android and Windows?

[nk_atmani]

If your computer supports bluetooth, you can then install Quick Share on your Windows laptop and share files with your phone that way.

[megabojan]

Android 5 was extremely buggy on my phone back in the day. Version 5.1 fixed most of the bugs.

[AnonX]

I think going from touch whiz (Android 8) to one Ui (Android 9) on my note 9 was the most insane update I have ever experienced. That was almost 6 years ago now.

[nico]

I feel the same. I remember when I bricked my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini almost every week to get the latest version of Android or another ROM with a different feature set.
Today, I don't care if CalyxOS is still on Android 14. I much prefer a stable experience, even if it would take another year for them to upgrade to 15.

[skullcrusher_]

Android 12 was the biggest aesthetic change recently but the biggest functionality and visual change was probably from 4.4 KitKat to 5 marshmallow.

[workdesu]

Android version aside, the software update that excited me the most in the past was when HTC released Sense 5. It's soo clean while still being soo feature packed compared to Sense 4.+ or vanilla android in that time.