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Sony Cancels Xperia 10 VI's Android 17 Update
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In Short: The decision to cancel the Android 17 update for the Xperia 10 VI has sparked debate among users and tech enthusiasts.
Sony announced the Xperia 10 VI in 2024 as an upper-mid-range device with a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage, pre-installed with Android 14.
According to Sony, the decision to cancel the Android 17 update stems from technical limitations related to the device’s storage configuration.
The company stated on its website that due to these limitations, the Xperia 10 VI does not support an Android 17 upgrade experience that Sony considers adequate.
Despite the cancellation, Sony will continue to provide four years of security updates for the Xperia 10 VI, extending until June 2028.
Sony’s decision to cancel the Android 17 update has raised concerns among users who were expecting three major Android updates.
The company’s notice on its website clarifies that the specific issue only applies to the Xperia 10 VI’s technical specifications and does not impact promised OS updates for other Xperia models.
According to Sony, the exact reason for the cancellation is not entirely clear, but the company is blaming the phone’s “limitation” for that.
Sony’s announcement has been reported by multiple outlets, including 9to5Google, The Verge, and GSMArena.com.
While Sony has apologized for the shortened update support period, it has not offered any form of compensation, such as a discounted upgrade to a newer Xperia model.
The decision to cancel the Android 17 update for the Xperia 10 VI has sparked debate among users and tech enthusiasts.
Some users have expressed disappointment, while others have questioned the validity of Sony’s technical justification.
Despite the cancellation, Sony has confirmed that other Xperia devices due to receive Android 17 updates will not be affected.
What this adds
While Sony will continue to provide four years of security updates for the Xperia 10 VI, extending until June 2028, the company’s decision to cancel the Android 17 update has raised concerns about future update support.
Background
While Sony will continue to provide four years of security updates for the Xperia 10 VI, extending until June 2028, the company’s decision to cancel the Android 17 update has raised concerns about future update support.
What's confirmed
- However, after a detailed technical assessment, we determined that due to limitations related to the device’s storage configuration, the Xperia 10 VI does not support an Android 17 upgrade experience that we consider adequate.
- Sony Xperia T users have started to receive the Jelly Bean update, but unfortunately it's not the latest one.
- The Xperia T will also benefit from Google’s efforts to lubricate its interface — codenamed Project Butter, it should allow the device to run lag-free at 60 frames per second.
- The update brings Google’s robotic concierge, Google Now, into Xperia users’ hands, as well as more control over notifications — such as turning them off on an app-by-app basis or expanding notifications for more information.
- Back at CES 2013, Sony announced its new flagship Android smartphones, the Sony Xperia Z and the Sony Xperia ZL.
- One trusted member of the XDA-Developer community claims that the software is in testing which could mean that a release is still in the cards ahead of a possible Android 4.3 update.
- And while the company has released a version in the Android Open Source Project, known as AOSP, the Android 4.2 update for consumers remains missing.
What's still developing
- Accordingly, we have decided not to make this upgrade available.
- Android 17 was the last promised update even though it wasn’t included in the initial roadmap Sony posted in September.
- Sony started rolling out Android 17 to its flagship Xperia 1 VIII early last month.
- At the same time, the company released a list of phones eligible for the update, which surprisingly did not include the Xperia 10 VI.
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- Sony says the hotly anticipated Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for its Bond-endorsed Xperia T is on its way, but users hoping for the very latest version of Android will be left sorely disappointed.
- Sony has updated its media apps, however, and replaced the pretty useless Timescape widget with the previously tablet-exclusive Socialife.
- Unfortunately, there is no physical evidence to back up that claim and without any announcement from Sony, it’s impossible to say when an Android 4.2 update might roll out.
- With the Sony Xperia Z’s arrival in February, and a leak that seemed to point to a release in March, things were looking up for Xperia Z owners.
- That this argument is tenuous at best is demonstrated not least by the fact that the current Xperia 10 VIII is sold with exactly the same memory and storage configuration, yet is even supposed to receive updates through Android 20.
- But since the technical requirements of future versions of Android aren’t yet known, it’s hard to take Sony at its word given today’s announcement.
- Kristijan has been writing for Android Headlines since 2014 and is an editor for the site.