Android 16 review: Post-hype
Android 16 review: Post-hype
The age of big, exciting Android updates is probably over.
To call Android 16 underwhelming is an understatement.
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It's understandable though. Just like they explain at the end of the article. Phones are established products with established paradigms at this point. We expect them to work just like they do work.
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I don't subscribe to that idea. The Jedi stuff was cool, Material 3 Expressive is cool, adding Monet to Wear OS is cool, the thermometer is cool, the AI that Apple's added to Apple Health is cool. There's a tonne of room for growth, it's just Sundar Pichai lacks imagination.
Alright, then great. You have stuff to look forward to, as do I. I agree with all that you said.
But saying "I want the cool stuff NOW!" reminds me of my kids who can't wait to eat candy until after the proper meal. Not every update will be exciting.
I'm not saying I want it now, I'm just saying there's room to evolve. The idea that operating systems are mature and so aren't exciting is what I'm taking umbrage with. It's just when you have a small minded conservative at the helm that chases trends and stockholder dividends, innovation is suppressed.
Alright then.
What I was going by was this:
To call Android 16 underwhelming is an understatement.
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I took that as you expecting Android 16 to have the features that are coming in just a few months. My mistake.
That's fair. I would like to see the current model in Silicon Valley come to end so teams are allowed to iterate and polish and there's room for genuine innovation rather than chasing numbers. Even this release of Android 16 was only put out to appease shareholders before the release of the Pixel 10 rather than to ship anything.