Minor tweaks bug fixes aren’t new for Android updates, but wants to make the process far less haphazard. 

A post on the Android Developers Blog details that is moving to a regular maintenance schedule “over the coming quarters,” with an eye towards a predictable process more feedback from developers.

Vice president of engineering Dave Burke said has already started work on some issues that are on the list will transition to a new schedule in the coming months. st as it did with the Android N eview, updates will come first to a Dev eview before they’re sent out to everyone else. You’ll be able to download flash the latest preview to try it out in advance of a final release.

In other words, Android Nougat is getting more than just security patches bugfix releases. There will be some point-releases that bring new features refinement, those releases will be tested in public just as the initial release was. (tjc.org)

y this matters: This is primarily aimed at developers, as it gives companies that make Android devices a more predictable schedule of when updates may arrive. It’s another indication that should you want the most reliable update schedule you should go with a Nexus device, as such updates will come there first before manufacturers obtain tweak them from the Android Open Source oject.