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Motorola is infamous for taking ages to push new Android updates to its devices. Worse, even then, the final public release is riddled with bugs and issues. A wider beta program should allow the company to speed up the process and get more feedback from users to improve the final release. The move also puts Motorola closer to its rivals like Samsung and OnePlus, which typically run a wide beta program for their devices. In fact, Motorola is currently the only major Android OEM running an Android 17 beta program for its flagship devices. Samsung is still busy testing Android 16 QPR2-based One U
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