I wish Android 14 inspired as many app updates as iOS 17 did

Whenever Apple releases a major OS update, as it did last Monday with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10, developers - both large but especially indie - release a slew of day one updates to support the latest platform features.

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I understand how the Android update model is inherently different from Apple's. Namely, updates start out only on Google's Pixel phones, which have a relatively small market share, while Samsung's lion's share of Android phones are typically weeks or months behind. Third-party Android developers don't have an incentive to update on day one as the majority of their users won't be getting the new OS for quite some time.

It really depends on what kind of applications you're looking at. Yes, the popular applications from big players like Facebook or Spotify are terrible at adopting new Android features, but there's definitely a vibrant community of developers who care these days, and it's entirely possible to use only applications that follow the latest features and visual style of Android.

It's definitely not as good as it is on iOS, and it surely takes a bit longer, but it's also not nearly as bad as some make it out to be.