When the time comes to change your mobile device, surely you have questioned not only the model you want to have and the features that best suit your needs, but also what type of operating system comes standard in it. And not only this, but whether or not it has a manufacturer’s own customization layer, such as Samsung with One UI, Huawei with EMUI or Xiaomi with MIUI, among other software typical of today’s smartphone brands.
However, there are also different manufacturers that continue to bet on not having one and only based on the Android version. Although, the truth is that as the trend of personalization layers has progressed, it is increasingly difficult to find a smartphone with a “pure” operating system. In addition, that we find different advantages that they offer us, and with which their mobile devices from other manufacturers are distinguished. For this reason, we will tell you what the benefits are and if it has any disadvantages to have a customization layer.
All the benefits of customization layers
There are fewer and fewer smartphones that we find today that do not have their own customization software. For this reason, we will leave you a small list of all the own software that the best-known manufacturers of smartphones have been developing in these years. In addition to being the best known among Spanish users:
- ColorOS : OPPO.
- One UI : Samsung.
- MIUI : Xiaomi.
- EMUI : Huawei.
- OxygenOS / HydrogenOS : OnePlus.
- Realme UI : Realme.
The only similarity between all these manufacturers’ softwares is that they are based on a version of Google’s operating system, that is, on a specific version of Android. For this reason, as the American company is releasing new versions of its system, smartphone developers will have to adapt their layers so that they can have the different Android novelties on their smartphones.
So all the design details are modified at the aesthetic and functional level . What is sought is to offer a differentiated experience, although they are developed under the same basis. Thus, obviously, terminal manufacturers have one more incentive for buyers to be interested in their models and not others. And although the design can be returned to normal with a launcher, there are pre-installed apps that are exclusive to the brand.
In addition to the different functionalities and aspects that are added with the software of these brands, although there are many more, we find that each one offers us different possibilities in terms of customization . That is, more and more options are being added so that we do not have to resort to third-party apps to change the details of the interface of our mobile device itself.
However, we must bear in mind that depending on the software we have on our mobile device, we will be lucky or not that they are faster and are better optimized. And not only this, but, depending on the layer, we will have a greater number of updates or not.
Why you shouldn’t have a software layer on your Android
Although the main manufacturers of smartphones today, such as Samsung, Xiaomi or Huawei have a layer of personalization in their mobile devices. The truth is that it will not always be the best option if we are looking for a new mobile phone, since there are still smartphones whose Android operating system interface does not have any type of addition.
And although EMUI, ColorOS or One UI, among other proprietary software, offer us many of the functionalities that many of their users use daily, the truth is that we have different disadvantages that smartphone brands have in their software. For this reason, these are the disadvantages of having a mobile device with a personalization layer .
They take time to update
Although they offer us great additions such as greater customization of the interface of mobile devices and other utilities, the truth is that the layers of personalization delay the availability of updates . The more customizations Android has, the more work it takes for the manufacturer to adapt a new version of Android.
And, therefore, the longer it will take to reach users, if the manufacturer finally decides to launch the corresponding update of its software based on that version of the Google system. So, although there are advantages in these software from the manufacturers, we also find different disadvantages, which can be important.
Performance issues
Another disadvantage of having a smartphone that comes with this type of software from a manufacturer is the fact that it will be possible to navigate with the terminal in a less fluid way , even if we have a high-end smartphone, if the version It is not optimized, the truth is that it will go wrong for us anyway. This is because it is easier to optimize the performance of the terminal if it only has to run on Android, since you do not have to be aware that a layer is stable or not when launching it for your terminals. This fact will be noticed both in the animations and in the different transitions within the mobile device itself.
Bloatware in the terminals
And they are not the only drawbacks that we will find, because another of the main signs that we can also find in these smartphones is that it will not be difficult to find pre-installed applications . Well, this is more of a classic feature of layered brands, since they decide to add extra or unnecessary apps than, in most cases.
In addition, in most of the software that manufacturers add, the only thing they achieve is that mobile phones go at a slower pace, use more energy from the battery of our smartphone and occupy space in internal storage. that we will wish to have at our disposal at some point.
For this reason, the pure Android interface does not have this type of apps, and if they do, they allow us to eliminate them in an easier way if we wish. Although, more and more layers decide to leave more freedom to eliminate the applications that they add by default on their mobile devices.
