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Android 16.

After reading some good reviews, I decided to jump to what is expected the last beta of Android 16. I wanted to see for myself if Android 16 is really shaping to be a good update and mainly jump to it a bit ahead of time.

So far, it has been quite a nice user experience. As a whole, I don't feel that Android 16 is that much different from Android 15. Seems like most of the changes that affect my user experience are under the hood, which is not a bad thing in itself. And to be honest, since a major release is expected on yearly basis, I don't expect major changes in the user interface each year. I rather have a couple of years that focus on security and performance upgrades, with major user interfase upgrades only when needed.

One thing I've noticed, is that since I started testing beta releases since Android 13 with the Nothing Phone (1), Google has made a great job of making the last two betas quite close to what we get when the final Android version is released. So much so, that the final release is almost the same to the last beta I used.

My main gripe about Android smartphone used to be that I only got OS updates  when I got a new device. Yet, since 2021 with a Motorola smartphone I got at least one Android update. Meaning that since Android 12 I've gotten the latest Android the year it was released without the need of buying a new smartphone.

Which for me is great, since I really believe that OS upgraded should come for several years to reduce e waste.

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