Android TV 10

#1

Curious if anyone knows about a possible upgrade to Android TV 10 for Nebula devices.

#2

Anker fixes the OS at time of design. So expect future products to eventually have it but existing no.

#3

Thanks for the info. I thought this to be true but appreciate the confirmation. Too bad this can’t be resolved for future updates.

#4

Nothing stops them from providing this kind of updates, especially on the more modern devices with Android TV. It’s only a matter of whether Anker is willing to do so or not. It hasn’t happened so far, though, and we’re stuck on Android TV 9 even though Google has released ATV 11 a few months ago already.

#5

Nothing technical, true.

But there are commercial barriers.

When setting the price for the product at the design stage, they will have factored if they include an OS upgrade or not. Upgrade has two costs. The testing and rollout costs, which which they receive no extra revenue - it is an already sold product. The upgraded product then closes gap with newer products so slows sales of newer products so slows revenue. These two combined hurt business margins.

One way to offset this is to upfront state they will do X years of updates, include this in the price,so you pay up front a higher cost. Is that what you want Anker to do for future products, be a higher cost?

#6

The reasoning that updating the software in an existing product makes me not want to buy the newer one is flawed.

The opposite, actually: if I see that products get stuck with obsolete software that doesn’t get updated (Mars II is at Android 7, in 2021, still sold and actively promoted!), I may switch to a competitor that provides updates. If none do, a dumb projector plus an Android TV box that actually gets updates (say, Chromecast with Google TV) is always a solution. Maybe not for a portable like the Capsule, but for the Cosmos?

Anker should realize their Android products are not the same as their cables, USB hubs nor chargers and the “design, manufacture, sell, forget, start from scratch” is not the right strategy long-term.

#7

But you bought it anyway. Money from you to them without any statement or guarantee of upgrade.

Point proved. Unfortunately.

#8

I would pay for a substantial update like a newer Android TV version. Something around 30$ seems fair to get the newest ATV release.

Let’s face it, soon a lot of apps will require ATV 10 or 11. If Anker does not even offer paid upgrades I would not buy a Nebula projector again.

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