If you think the Android System updates that pop up on your phone are only relevant for what you see on the surface, you are sorely mistaken. Most of us don’t take these update notifications seriously, we simply brush them off as either bulky, useless, time consuming after all our phones can still continue working without the updates.
We agree with you but did you know that the system updates that appear on your phone aren’t necessarily meant to change how your phone looks? Newer Android versions like Pie 9 and Android 10 almost always contain significant under-the-hood improvements along with important security and privacy improvements. Here is how accepting these system updates improves your phone’s functionality;
Repairs to little glitches within the Operating System
These updates when ran fully, repair the little glitches with the day to day efficiency of your device, making it faster at responding to inputs. They provide fixes to the little anomalies that you face when using the devices.
Systems Update enhance of your phone’s security
The Google Systems update for security patches enhances the security of your device both locally within the apps on your phone and over the internet. They are the most common ones that we see and in most cases aren’t as heavy at about 200MB. One notable update was the double security feature in an event that you reboot your phone, you have to input your pin twice.
Modification of the Application Programming Interface (API)
Systems Updates may introduce both expansions and restrictions to APIs. APIs permit third-party apps to interact with your phone and data to perform a variety of advanced functions.
Improvement of app performance
Google updates also allow apps to work better on your phone. For example apps on a Pie phone are able to use less memory, be more power-efficient, and load more quickly than what previous Android versions have allowed. This happens when you install the updates frequently.
Introduction of new exciting features
Some of these updates introduce new features, for example, the Android 10 that is still available for pixel devices only comes with a feature of smart replies where it’s been expanded from a very limited number of Google apps to most messaging apps. This uses on-device machine learning to provide you with one-tap replies to messages straight from the notification area.
