Balky carriers and slow OEMs step aside: Google is defragging Android | Ars Technica
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It’s such a simple idea: Android updates roll out too slowly, so start releasing all the cool stuff separately. The hard part is making it actually work. But the first reason this is now possible is a little app that has finally come of age: “Google Play Services.”