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Android's biggest feature is also its biggest flaw


Google either can't or won't ever fix it.

You may like Google gets (rightfully) accused of having a heavy hand sometimes, but the actual requirements to use the "official" version of Android are pretty lax. (Image credit: Brady Snyder / Android Central)Google wants your new Pixel 10 to work with your new Galaxy Watch 8. The company is already considered a monopoly by its home country (agreed), and Google is rightfully under a lot of scrutiny because Android is by far the dominant computing platform in the world.

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