Tech companies tend to follow each other — it's how we get trends in the first place. Apple, for example, dragged its heels on adding an always-on display to the iPhone; fast-forward a year and half later, and Samsung has a similar experience available by default on One UI 6.1. That's why it didn't come as much of a surprise when, just a few months after Google announced the Pixel 8's policy for seven OS upgrades, the Galaxy S24 series launched with the same promise. But not everyone seems to be on the same page.
