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Originally Posted by jgbout
I was reading an article which criticized Likebook's choice of Android 8.12 instead of the Boox Android 10 in longevitity of support.
So, After paying $600, what is the expected life of one of these, considering how quickly Likebook puts out new models?
If you go outside the Likebook for apps (which I would, like gDocs, Word, some 3rd party writing apps) what's the risk of things becoming unuseable?
I know this is true of Android 10 devices too, but being 2 generations behind, how much concern should the Likebook be?
I'm not someone who buys new models as they come out to have new models. (well, not any more....)
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Boox sold Android 6 models in 2019 - released Android 9 models early in 2020 and Android 10 in autumn.
I am still using Android 4.4.2 on one device and all installed applications still work - some (e.g. Calibre Companion) can no longer be updated (as soon as a higher Android version is required) and lose functions - e.g. with Dropbox login, because they changed the login mode.
Only applications that require higher Android cannot be installed.
I've only heard of one application that is supposed to ask for Android 7 when it is installed.
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ps- as a side thought - how well does Alita update/support it's firmware in general compared to Boox ?
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Boox has never updated Android on existing devices (they released new devices as a result), while Likeboot updated their line of products from Android 6 to Android 8.1.
So it could be that Android updates are coming from Likebook, but not from Boox.
There is an (important) feature that has been added in Android 7, the split screen applications that require this can therefore only work from this version onwards.
But I am not aware of anything in the new Android versions that could be relevant for EInk tablets.