{"id":62894,"date":"2018-04-12T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T09:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=62894"},"modified":"2018-04-12T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T09:04:10","slug":"lg-promises-to-speed-up-bringing-android-updates-to-its-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/lg-promises-to-speed-up-bringing-android-updates-to-its-smartphones.html","title":{"rendered":"LG promises to speed up bringing Android updates to its smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt;color: #000000\">LG promises to speed up bringing Android updates to its smartphones<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">LG is making efforts to improve the user experience on its devices after it opened a \u201cSoftware Upgrade Center\u201d in its native Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The new lab will be focused on \u201cproviding customers worldwide with faster, timelier, smartphone operating system and software updates,\u201d the company explained in a brief statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The idea is to help get the latest versions of Android out to more users at a faster pace than it does right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">That\u2019s a genuine problem for Android OEM who are tasked with bringing the latest flavor of Android to devices that already in the market. Issues they have to deal with include different chipsets, Android customization and carriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The issue has been pretty problematic for LG. Android Oreo, for example, announced by Google last September only began rolling out to the first handful of LG devices last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Korean firm said that one of the first priorities for this new center is to get Oreo out to Korea-based owners of the LG G6 \u2014 last year\u2019s flagship phone \u2014 before the end of this month. After that, it will look to expand the rollout to G6 owners in other parts of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Beyond Android updates, the center will also focus on stability update to make sure that the newest features work on devices without compromising performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">This move is one of the first major strategies from new LG Mobile CEO Hwang Jeong-hwan, who took the top job last year. He came directly from the company\u2019s R&amp;D division, which suggests that he identified the update issue as a fairly urgent one to address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">His bigger challenge is to stop LG\u2019s mobile division bleeding capital. LG Electronics itself is forecasting record Q1 financial results later this month, but its smartphone unit is likely to post yet another loss that drags the parent down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">We\u2019ll find out more when LG\u2019s next flagship is unveiled next month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt;color: #000000\">Source:-https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/04\/12\/lg-promises-to-speed-up-bringing-android-updates-to-its-smartphones\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/lg-promises-to-speed-up-bringing-android-updates-to-its-smartphones.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LG promises to speed up bringing Android updates to its smartphones LG is making efforts to improve the user experience on its devices after it opened a \u201cSoftware Upgrade Center\u201d in its native Korea. 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