np here
I'm happy as hell to give Blackberry $1.08/month for BB Hub+... love that shit ;)
Developers can get their hands on Android 7.1 by the end of the month, Google has said. And almost all Nexus owners will have it implanted in their gadgets by the end of the year, albeit with some reservations. The next chewy chunk of Nougat includes support for better storage management and telephony software, App shortcut …
Stupid post, needs more detail.
When the LG G5's first came out at Verizon, the sales reps didn't know how to work it without an app drawer. In our case, wife went Nova launcher and I held out for BB hub+, we both use BB Hub+ now. LG reconsidered the issue and now the G5 comes with a stock app drawer.
Quite possibly a subtle kick in the reseller nads by Google to position Pixel as the Must Have Flagship Android... well, of course it is.
https://www.google.ie/search?q=nexus+5+release+date
October 31st, 2013
Am I wrong to think that Google ought to support this device with operating software updates for longer than three years?
Yup, and IMHO it doesn't really make sense for Google to keep the Assistant confined to the Pixel phones. Presumably increased adoption of the Assistant would be a good thing for them.
I can see them thinking that the camera optimizations (image processing algorithms, etc.) are a USP of the Pixels though. It's arguable whether they could easily be ported over to phones by other manufacturers, though. Sounds like the hardware-software integration runs pretty deep.