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Gearburn • 17 May 2013

No Android update at Google I/O and that’s perfectly okay

By Rick Bosch

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Google IO and Android

Google’s annual I/O, a conference aimed at developers has come and gone and surprisingly, there was no major Android update — and I’m okay with that. Sure, that’s what I say now, but I am a little disappointed, because everyone loves a fresh OS. However, I completely understand why Google didn’t update its mobile OS this time around. As I see it there are five main factors contributing to the lack of Android update.