It’s 2022, and the Surface Duo nonetheless doesn’t have Android 11

We are formally in 2022. Know what which means? That’s proper: It means Microsoft has failed at its acknowledged objective of bringing Android 11 to the Surface Duo by the tip of 2021.

Attentive readers could recall that Microsoft mentioned the next this previous September: “We remain committed to providing updates to Surface Duo, and we’re working to bring Android 11 to existing customers before the end of this year.” Okay, so the corporate wasn’t precisely promising Android 11 by the tip of 2021 — however that was the closely implied intention, and it possible gave some Surface Duo customers a whole lot of hope.

As Windows Central first reported, Duo gadgets nonetheless haven’t obtained Android 11. While this can be disappointing to the homeowners of these gadgets, it’s additionally not with out precedent. Update hiccups are par for the course with Android — every kind of producers persistently fail to get them out in a well timed method. “The story on upgrades is the same today as it was a decade ago: first-party Google devices get updated quickly, everything else takes months or doesn’t get updated at all,” summarized Verge govt editor Dieter Bohn in a 2019 publication.

Microsoft additionally must make Android work with extra controls and performance with the intention to accommodate the Duo’s two screens — Android, as an working system, is “woefully unprepared for devices like the Surface Duo,” Bohn famous in his overview of the gadget. One may count on such a product to take a bit to roll out. Still, Duo customers haven’t obtained main software program enhancements because the gadget launched 15 months in the past — and that’s an extended wait.

Microsoft has not but responded to a request for remark, and Windows Central claims to have gotten a “useless no comment” in response to their inquiry. Fortunately, Windows Central has heard from sources that “the Android 11 update for Surface Duo is in fact done and should begin rolling out once the update has been certified by Google and AT&T.”