AT&T has officially announced that the Samsung Captivate will be receiving the Android 2.2 Froyo update starting tomorrow, and to sweeten the deal, AT&T has confirmed that the tiny HTC Aria will also be receiving the Froyo update in the near future as well. It may have taken a while, but, when it comes to getting software updates on smartphones, it’s better late than never.
AT&T doesn’t necessarily have the best record for updating their Android handsets, but we have every reason to believe that that will all change this year. The carrier is going big with the little green robot OS, and that likely means they’ll be focusing more on keeping customers happy. As for the Samsung Captivate and HTC Aria, both handsets were released summer of last year (June and July), so it’s about time they both got some attention in the update department. While we know that custom skins can delay the availability of the latest updates to handsets, we also know that the carrier can play a large part as to when updates become available. Either way, we’re just glad AT&T is ready to push the update to the phones at this point, as users have been waiting for quite some time.
Froyo was announced last May at the Google I/O, and some handset-makers are still struggling to put the now-outdated version of the OS onto handsets today. While we can expect the Captivate to at least get Gingerbread at some point, the timing is another story. It would be nice to see Samsung skip Gingerbread and go straight to Ice Cream Sandwich, but seeing as how Ice Cream Sandwich has yet to even be announced, the wait could be even longer than the wait for Froyo on the Captivate and Aria.
HTC has a relatively good track record when it comes to updating their Android handsets, but we’re wondering if the Aria can make it that much longer. We’re not exactly sure when to expect Froyo for the Aria, but it can’t be long now.
The Froyo update availability was announced today on Facebook, and a video with AT&T Android Senior Project Manager Dante Martin gives some details on the process that takes place when a new version of Android is released from Google, and how they get it to the handset. It’s nothing we don’t already know, and the explanation may be true, but it likely won’t make users feel any better about having outdated software on their relatively new Android phone.
There’s not much longer to wait, folks, so get ready to get a taste of Froyo. This is certainly good news, but there’s another product out there that owns the 24th.
[Via: Facebook]