Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A new version of Android is right around the corner — and with it comes some lofty talk about how this’ll finally be the year Android manufacturers start taking upgrades seriously.

That’s the story with Google’s upcoming Android P release, thanks to the software’s integration of Project Treble — a new “modular base” for Android that makes it easier for manufacturers to process updates. In short, Treble keeps the guts of Android in their own standalone layer within your device’s storage. The hardware-specific code needed to make the device run properly, meanwhile, lives in a totally separate lower layer. It’s kind of like a fancy cake, only with less unsaturated fat than the kind you normally buy.

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