Android 14

[Justin]

Will the 5 series buzztv boxes get an android 14 update

[dishuser]

no

[dishuser]

https://stbtalk.com/forum/111-the-classic/

[Emporium]

Like DU said, NO.

Why would you even think they would ?  They have only even just VERY recently released new boxes with Android 13.  And Buzz does not typically upgrade the OS on their boxes.

 

[dishuser]

8 hours ago, Emporium said:

Like DU said, NO.

Why would you even think they would ?  They have only even just VERY recently released new boxes with Android 13.  And Buzz does not typically upgrade the OS on their boxes.

 

they never have

[allaboutbuzz]

11 hours ago, Emporium said:

Like DU said, NO.

Why would you even think they would ?  They have only even just VERY recently released new boxes with Android 13.  And Buzz does not typically upgrade the OS on their boxes.

 

Were not capable of upgrading OS via OTA, due to Amlogic changing how partions work for each new OS/SDK they release on every Chipset.
They have been doing this since Android 5 basically.

[Justin]

On 10/6/2024 at 10:54 PM, dishuser said:

no

Are you a buzztv developer?

 

[nbs.]

15 minutes ago, Justin said:

Are you a buzztv developer?

 

Why does it matter?

[dishuser]

1 hour ago, Justin said:

Are you a buzztv developer?

 

I gave the correct answer

[nbs.]

There are lots of people on this site that could have answered your question 

[jets]

Using Android phones you will be lucky to get one android version update and you want three from a STB that cost 1/10 the price of a phone...

[Emporium]

Buzz boxes have NEVER updated the OS version on a box.  You get a box with OS version "X" and it will remain as version "X" till the end.  There is no OTA by buzz that has upgraded the OS.  The BuzzTV app will be updated and in  some cases it was upgraded from BuzzTV 4 to 5.  All the extra features come primarily from the Software

Hey there are Android 9, 11 and Android 13 boxes with pretty much all the same versions of BuzzTV 5. So WHAT will a new Android version bring anyone anyhow.  It's a media box, there is no advantage to have a newer software.  If anything, much of the existing software out there may have issues with newer OS.