Targets one update a year eventually.
Google's VP of mobile platforms Andy Rubin has promised developers that the pace at which new Android updates are released will slow down.
"Our product cycle is now, basically twice a year, and it will probably end up being once a year when things start settling down," he says in an interview with the San Jose Mercury News.
"A platform that's moving... it's hard for developers to keep up. I want developers to basically leverage the innovation. I don't want developers to have to predict the innovation."
Android has been criticised by some developers for the large number of updates in the last year: you can see the results, with Google's Nexus One having just been updated to Android 2.2, while new handsets from other manufacturers still shipping with Android 1.6.
Judging from Rubin's comments, Google feels that the rapid updates were necessary to get Android up to speed, but that slowing down that iteration now will give developers time to make the most of its new features.
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