One of those is the much greater popularity of Samsung’s latest premium smartphone family, which undoubtedly made it harder for the company to test and ensure that all the Android 16 goodies are stable and safe to use for the masses, and perhaps more importantly, the OS is tweaked and enhanced with all sorts of cool One UI 8 stuff on Galaxy devices.
I was excited when my phone updated to 69.1.A.2.268 this morning but after rebooting I’ve no idea what was updated
Redditor “wastedyouth” on the lack of Android 16 changes, September 16, 2025
On the bright side, that makes the 1.1GB over-the-air update pretty easy to download and install on your fancy new (and, hopefully, functional) Xperia phone, which you should absolutely do no matter if you think you needAndroid 16 or not.
It’s always a good idea to stay on the latest software versions, at least if you’ve made sure they’re safe to install, which seems to be the case here based on early feedback from multiple Redditors.
Curiously enough, Android 16 comes with August security patches… in September on the Xperia 1 VII, which is definitely not a good look for Sony. It shouldn’t be a big problem, of course, as another update could arrive in the near future, but it doesn’t really send the best message from a mobile security standpoint.
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