Commit to Android codebase suggests Google may strong-arm phone makers into using 'seamless' partitioned updates

Such a move could standardise deployment of new versions, rather than it being at the whim of OEMs

Despite Google's better efforts, operating system updates on Android have long been a fragmented, disconnected mess. The launch of Android 11 will go some way to resolving that, with Google likely to force manufacturers to use the Virtual A/B partitioned updates system."