New Android tablet gets updates after all
Anyone who buys an Android device actually expects to receive at least two years of Android updates. This includes not only the monthly updates, but also larger version jumps when Google releases a new Android version. A Chinese manufacturer who also wants to be successful with us saw things differently, but now had to give in.
Realme Pad does get Android updates after all
Update from 01/27/2022: Then the negative press was too big. Realme has buckled and is now announcing good news. The Realme Pad will be updated to Android 12 in Q3 2022. In addition, the Chinese company would like to deliver security updates for three years (source: AndroidAuthority).
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With the Realme Pad, the Chinese manufacturer has presented its first Android tablet for a while and initially launched it in India. Android 11 is preinstalled there, which was absolutely reasonable at the time. As it turns out now, though, that gets Realme Pad no longer treated to another system upgrade. Realme’s “Community FAQ” confirms that there will be no update to Android 12 (source: realme).
Q. Will realme Pad be updated to Android 12?
A. No, realme Pad will not be updated to Android 12, but will keep receiving security and performance updates throughout its software lifecycle.
Realme won’t even give its first Android tablet a single system upgrade and bring it to Android 12. You should actually count on that. Even the manufacturers who distribute few updates bring at least one upgrade to a new Android version, but usually two. Instead, Realme says from the start that there is no upgrade, but just a few updates that improve security and performance. That’s it then.
Realme builds powerful Android smartphones:
Bad update policy on all Realme products?
Realme has recently focused on Europe and Germany. Here you want to convince with smartphones that have a good to very good price-performance ratio. Only recently, with the Realme GT 2 Pro, a really strong Android cell phone was unveiled that can even pose a threat to the Xiaomi 12. One can only hope that the update policy for smartphones is better. Otherwise the Chinese company will have a hard time here.
