Samsung Galaxy S21 Series Does Not Support Android Seamless Updates: Here’s What it Means For You

Android Vendor Test Suite suggest that the virtual A/B partition support should be a requirement for all the smartphone manufacturers.

Karan Sharma

Published On: January 25, 2021

Back in 2020, it was reported that the smartphones launching with the Android 11 and later version of the Android operating system are required to support Google seamless update feature. The changes were spotted on the Android 11 Vendor Test Suite. However, it seems that the requirement is not going to be mandate for the latest and upcoming smartphone which runs on Android 11 or above. A report from Android Police is claiming that the newly launched Galaxy S21 doesn’t support the feature. Here’s a closer look at the report and how it matters to you.

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Android Seamless Update not on Galaxy S21: Here’s What it Means For You

Android Police citing the latest Android 11 Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) suggest that the search giant Google has removed the seamless update feature for the Galaxy S21 series. Just in case if you don’t know, seamless update feature users the virtual A/B partition method which allows the smartphones to perform the update in the background and once the user reboots the phone the new update takes over the environment. You need not have to sit and wait for the update to get completed on the bootloader. The premium feature is used by numerous smartphone manufacturers like Google, OnePlus, Motorola, and LG as well. Only Samsung is among the others which is not ready to adopt this feature.