Good news for android overall. Hopefully, this could be extended to other OEMs by 2025 and not be optional like virtual A&Bs when it arrives.
(Meanwhile, my current smartphone running 4.19.. )
Will there be any battery improvements? My Pixel 6 could use some (I miss the battery life of my 5a, RIP).
There could be. Newer smartphones are going to improve. You should hold out for a year or two and wait until the tensor is efficient and provides good battery life.
Note: The toot mentions Pixel 9 and pixel 8 series smartphones. It could happen but I won't hold my breath for pixel 6.
My long battery life performant phone running Android with kernel 4.14.116 would like an update but it was abandoned years ago. Which is a shame.
8gb ram 256gb storage and a locked Bootloader. Sad times
I feel your pain. A past phone I had did have an unlockable bootloader but it needed service due to a manufacturing defect. The one they gave me as the replacement was a carrier version with a locked bootloader.