Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is written with Rust

Re:Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is wri... by signal11 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @04:01PM (#26652346)

> support it's SOCs for more than a couple of years

That works, even works well, as long as device makers feel that supporting SOCs for a limited period helps them sell more phones.

Apple has changed the rules of the game by supporting its devices for longer -- and as phone upgrades become more infrequent due to plateauing technology, I think device makers will realize this.

Samsung has already committed to supporting recent Galaxy devices for at least 4 years -- at least with security updates[1]. I suspect this was also because they found that their extremely short-sighted prior policy re security updates encouraged corporate phone procurers to ditch Samsung and go with Apple.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/22/22295639/samsung-galaxy-d...

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Re:Android's new Bluetooth stack rewrite (Gabeldorsh) is wri... by GeekyBear on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:55PM (#26653641)

Any movement on the Android side is helpful and hopefully Samsung can shame Google into following suit.

However, if we're going to count years where you only got a security update, the iPhone 5s is currently on it's 8th supported year.

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