Next version of Android to be previewed at Google I/O

T4rd said:
Not that I know of, or at least near to the extent that Samsung does.

It's bad because it's a sign that Samsung is slowly trying to pull out of the Android ecosystem, to the point that they may try to push Tizen in their future flagships instead of using Android anymore.

Well I guess that wouldn't be too bad since it would allow for HTC and LG to take some more of the market share. I'd say the first batch of Tizen devices would sell pretty good on Marketing alone, but when people realize it doesn't have access to the Play Store and the app ecosystem sucks on it, they won't return to Samsung again.
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I'll play the devils advocate for Samsung.

We are the greatest Android company in the world. We sell more android phones than anyone. Why shouldn't we cut out the middle man? If Google shares (more) profits with us, we'll consider.

RESULT:
Google shares more profits on digital goods with Samsung...
 
Nice to see this. I'm still primarily interested in the openness/AOSP version of "L" in the hopes of a CyanogenMod/ParanoidAndroid/PACman variant to come with all the usual privacy and feature upgrades.

Android Wear (is that still what the smartwatch thing is called?) is another interesting idea, but I am wondering exactly how open it will be as well ; I don't want to buy an expensive smartwatch that is limited by soemthing proprietary. If I buy one, I want to have the ability to ensure that it can be modded properly as adding a companion device that can control/communicate with Android can be a security and privacy issue if not properly configured and open to scrutiny.

Apparently, there is supposed to be at least one more Nexus device, a Nexus 6, coming soon, confirmed at Google I/O, yes? I'd really like to know more about what it will mean and especially more about the Android Silver program later on.
 
Not officially mentioned, but rumored to be one final Nexus phone due this Fall, and will be the first running Android ' L '

Now who's making this Nexus-Six ? Some rumors point to Asus, switching from making the Nexus tablet, to the Nexus phone. Others say it could be Sony or HTC. But we know it will NOT be LG or Samsung this time.

The new Android Silver program is not due out till mid next year per rumors, so no way this year at all for Silver, allowing one last Nexus smartphone.
 
mi7chy said:
If it's HTC I'll skip.
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Why ? I own the HTC One M8, converted to GPE and it is my #1 fav Android smartphone to date. And in my four years using Android, have owned 13 different high end smartphones, and this takes the cake.
 
Zorachus said:
Why ? I own the HTC One M8, converted to GPE and it is my #1 fav Android smartphone to date. And in my four years using Android, have owned 13 different high end smartphones, and this takes the cake.
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13 phones in 4 years? You are only happy with that One M8 until the next flavor of the month comes along.
 
ocellaris said:
13 phones in 4 years? You are only happy with that One M8 until the next flavor of the month comes along.
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Maybe it's not 13, that's a bit much, but let me count them up if I remember;

MyTouch 3G...Nexus-One...Nexus-S...HTC Evo 4G...Galaxy S2...HTC Evo 3D...Galaxy Nexus...HTC One X...Nexus 4...Galaxy Note 2...Galaxy S4...and now my HTC One M8. That's 12
 
Some people like buying cars based on the shell while others look under the hood first. I fall into the second camp plus the experience of previously owning HTC.
 
T4rd said:
Not that I know of, or at least near to the extent that Samsung does.

It's bad because it's a sign that Samsung is slowly trying to pull out of the Android ecosystem, to the point that they may try to push Tizen in their future flagships instead of using Android anymore.

Well I guess that wouldn't be too bad since it would allow for HTC and LG to take some more of the market share. I'd say the first batch of Tizen devices would sell pretty good on Marketing alone, but when people realize it doesn't have access to the Play Store and the app ecosystem sucks on it, they won't return to Samsung again.
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Well if it sucks I just won't use it, there are only a few Samsung only app's I use and mostly because of the pen support. That doesn't make it bad as there are plenty other options other then Samsung.

But I doubt Tizen is even meant for anything passed developing countries. It would never work here in the US and I doubt Samsung is dumb enough to make that move.
 
I liked some of the stuff Google showed off but some of the IO show was very cringe worthy (the demo's not working, people walking up and down the audience floor and the protestors). Apple has their shows down to a science and you'd never see that stuff except for the possible demo malfunction. I'm looking forward to the ui redesigns / ART apps / battery life improvements. Why can't they just run their new 3rd world phone program worldwide and cut out the OEM's stalling updates?
 
mi7chy said:
Some people like buying cars based on the shell while others look under the hood first. I fall into the second camp plus the experience of previously owning HTC.
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Some people like buying fine-tuned, highly efficient cars, so that the cars will run fast and smooth. Others may want bells and whistles that they hardly use, if not avoided altogether, which makes the car heavier, less efficient, and not run as fast or smooth, with a horrible infotainment system to boot. But who cares... as long as you can get from point A to B, am I right?
 
The initial beta was going to only Nexus 5 devices, Nexus 4 will eventually get it. Speaking of which ... I need to find a nexus 4 now!
 
Trimlock said:
The initial beta was going to only Nexus 5 devices, Nexus 4 will eventually get it. Speaking of which ... I need to find a nexus 4 now!
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Sure it will happen "eventually". However this means the devices we bought for development didn't even last us one year of trying to be ahead of the curve. Before that we had the other Nexus phones and ran into similar issues with those. Very frustrating.
 
Part of the game honestly, these phones are cheap enough to warrant the practices.

Google isn't going to really care about a phone that has a S4pro in it versus something that is supporting newer generation code. As a developer this is nothing new, at least the hardware costs are minimal.
 
No Nexus 8 or updated Nexus 10 this year? (Obviously tablets)
 
The Nexus device program isn't going away

http://www.androidcentral.com/nexus-device-program-isnt-going-away

A continuing point of discussion, rumor, idle speculation, is the future of the Nexus device program. Android Silver is potentially on the horizon but according to Dave Burke, head of Android engineering and the Nexus program at Google, who was speaking to ReadWrite, that doesn't mean that Nexus devices will be killed off, nope.

"People have been commenting about Nexus because there is something else and they think that means the end of Nexus. That is the totally wrong conclusion to make"

Android Silver is not something that we are commenting on right now. But the prospect of Silver doesn't mean that Nexus is going away."
 
T4rd said:
It's bad because it's a sign that Samsung is slowly trying to pull out of the Android ecosystem, to the point that they may try to push Tizen in their future flagships instead of using Android anymore.
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Seeing as Samsung contributed Knox to Android, I'm pretty certain Samsung has zero plans to move away from Android. They are keeping Tizen around as a backup plan at best, nothing more.
 
ReC0de said:
When does Google ever fail?
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That's an entirely different thread, but in Android... so far, any time it has tried to develop for something that isn't a phone or tablet (and even the tablet part is a bit debatable). See: Google TV, Nexus Q, Android@Home... heck, the first Android Wear implementation appears a bit rough, too.

Also, since it seems like you're relatively new, a tip for next time: post more substantive stuff than one-liners! You'll get further with weighty, intelligent debate.
 
elzeus said:
They are meant primarily for low end phones are they not? That's how I understood it watching their presentation.
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I think so but as tech keeps advancing even a low end phone will be good enough for most people.
 
Aurelius said:
That's an entirely different thread, but in Android... so far, any time it has tried to develop for something that isn't a phone or tablet (and even the tablet part is a bit debatable). See: Google TV, Nexus Q, Android@Home... heck, the first Android Wear implementation appears a bit rough, too.
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There's the Chromecast though. It has been insanely successful. Think they said it's the #1 selling item on Amazon since it launched.
 
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