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Qualcomm wants to make Android updates easier for OEMs

An Android phone's chipset is just part of the problem.

An interview between Qualcomm's SVP and General Manager of Handsets, Chris Patrick, shed light on its efforts to make Android updates easier for OEMs. Qualcomm's Chris Patrick stated that a phone's SoC isn't the only culprit, but it does contribute, which is why they've "been working on for the past several years with Google and with the OEMs is to change the structure of inline code." Moreover, as the publication noted, Qualcomm's improvements won't magically see the adoption of five or seven-year update support for devices like what Google promised users.

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