Microsoft announces that the first-generation Surface Duo will update to Android 11 before the end of the year

Two days ago Microsoft announced the Surface Duo 2 along with the rest of the Surface models for 2021/22. A foldable phone that came to succeed a first-generation Surface Duo that has tiptoed through the market and to which Microsoft wants to give a new boost by updating it to Android 11

You have to remember that the Surface Duo already has Android 10, so the logical step is to jump to the next version of the operating system. The problem is that this version of Android will arrive when Android 12 is already on the market, so Microsoft is late again.

Android 11 for dual screen

A problem that is not unique to Microsoft, however. Few manufacturers update on time, and fewer phones from each brand are lucky enough to receive Android updates as Google releases them. Now Microsoft is announcing Android 11 one year later

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In statements by Microsoft officials to The Verge, it is assured that Android 11 will arrive on the first-generation Surface Duo before the end of this year , so the window to launch the update is still too big."

Perhaps, part of the blame for this delay has been the adaptation of Android 11 to use on two screens, because there are still few terminals on the market with these characteristics.And while Microsoft announced three years of updates, it wouldn't be surprising if the Surface Duo won't get past Android 11.

In addition, the arrival of Android 11 comes like rain in May for the owners of this terminal, who complain about bugs and problems with multitasking and gestures, a screen that turns off when in book mode as well as bugs and crashes with the fingerprint reader.

That said, with the arrival of Android 11 it is to be expected that interesting improvements will come to a phone that will have its biggest competition in its successor , a model for which a release date has not yet been confirmed and which will also arrive with Android 11.

The advantage of the first generation of the Duo is that the Surface Duo 2 will reach a limited number of countries (United States, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Ireland , Switzerland and the United Kingdom) without a date yet confirmed at prices starting from 1.$499 for the 128GB version, $1,599 for the 256GB, and $1,799 for the 512GB. While the Surface Duo can be purchased for 1,549 euros in Spain.

Via | The Verge