Android 5.0 release new strategy to resolve system differentiation crisis

Computer store news According to foreign media reports, Google plans to cooperate with five OEMs to jointly launch the next-generation Nexus mobile phone, which will be equipped with Known as Jelly, the next generation Android system Android 5.0.

Nexus mobile phones will sell lock-free devices directly to consumers. They will be launched during the year and will adopt a new cooperation and sales model. Consumers can have multiple choices to change the current consumer purchase of Nexus mobile phones. The current status of the setting of the manufacturer or the operator. Consumers can choose their favorite OEMs, Nexus phones are equipped with a native Android system, and can be upgraded in the first time.

Google will sell the next-generation Nexus phone directly to consumers, and the operator has no chance to participate. This means that consumers must pay for their mobile phones in full, but don't worry about operators adding messy software to their phones or blocking new Android upgrades.

Asia, America, Europe and other demanding regions will be the main battlefield for the new generation of Nexus phones.

From the market share, Android has achieved success in the field of smart phones. In the first quarter of the smart phone market data released by Gartner, the Android mobile phone market share has risen to 56.1%. But at the same time, it also faces various disputes and doubts, especially the complex and differentiated versions of its software. Android's over-open ecosystem makes hardware device manufacturers and operators have the ability to control and choose the use and upgrade of Android systems, thus making the version differentiated. Seriously, it is very troublesome for the compatibility and adaptability of the application.

According to Bussiness Insider, an application development company, OpenSignalMaps, has detected and tagged Android devices that have downloaded one of their apps over the past six months, covering 681,900 Android apps from 195 countries around the world. The device, in all the above Android devices, a total of 3997 models are marked, and the Android version is up to 12, and the OpenSignalMaps data also shows that the Android version differentiation problem continues to increase, the two most popular versions are Only 75% of all Android devices are used, compared to 90% last year. Such problems are very detrimental to the development of the entire Android ecosystem.

The reason for this situation, in addition to hardware equipment manufacturers, the strength of foreign operators is an important reason, operators will control the system upgrade and application choices of mobile phones. Google will adopt a new strategy in the next generation of Nexus mobile phones and Android 5.0, increase Google's control of the system, and ensure that more mobile phones adopt a new Android system, thereby getting rid of the operator's control and reducing system differentiation.