Android updates...
 
I'm used to iPhones but when we moved to the US, I picked up the cheapest cell phone available which I recently upgraded to a LG smart phone.
 
As unhappy as I've been with Apple since Tim Cook took over for Jobs, and as cool as certain features on that new smart phone are,  ever since I finally went on and updated the software a week or two ago, I am reminded that there were big advantages to using an iPhone.
 
One of which is that I was not pestered with software updates on a (practically) daily basis.
 
Seems almost overtime I pick up the phone or even just look at it, there's a pop up advising me that there's an Android update available. 
 
I didn't think this was possible, but my Android phone almost make our Samsung Smart TV's upgrade cycle look reasonable - even though the TV isn't quite as amiable, as it doesn't really give us an option NOT to update and just kick us out or block the access to apps.
 
Heck, even our car had to be updated recently, as hackers had found a way to seriously compromise security of that line of Jeep.
 
Some days, I really hate technology...

Ha, well....I went the opposite direction years ago and dumped Android, because I found Apple so much easier to use, update and the apps are always out first.  I see that I have an iOS 9.2 update waiting for me and I have set it up to run tonight, automatically. 
 
Hopefully some one else will have good advice for you, Rain. 

Well I get a lot of notifications for Android app updates if that's what you're referring to. Pretty sure there's a way to turn off the notifications in the Application Manager.

michaelhanson
Ha, well....I went the opposite direction years ago and dumped Android, because I found Apple so much easier to use, update and the apps are always out first.  I see that I have an iOS 9.2 update waiting for me and I have set it up to run tonight, automatically. 
 
Hopefully some one else will have good advice for you, Rain. 

That would be my preferred option too. ;) Actually, I had brought in my wife's "old" iPhone and was hoping that they could transfer my line to it, but they said it was not possible.
 
TBH, I hate talking on the phone and my needs are fairly basic. 95% of all incoming and outgoing calls are to my lovely lady. But the old cell phone was so unreliable and lame that an upgrade was pretty much mandatory.
 
But I'm still using the iPhone for the rest - taking pictures, listening to music, etc. 
 
Come to think of it - the easiest way to make up for all the issues we had with the Smart TV was to start using the Apple TV for Hulu, Netflix and all the rest. We never use the TV software except to access Amazon video. And we usually fight with it every time.
 
So, yeah, iPhone anytime if it was an option. :)
 
 

I've had an Android phone for years, but only two updates during that whole time.  Maybe you're referring to the individual apps which can get updated nightly depending on the coders!  (As mentioned above, you can turn these notifications off.)

I only have a dumbazz phone, but I just ignore the little update doodads down in the corner of my tablet screen.

craigb
I've had an Android phone for years, but only two updates during that whole time.  Maybe you're referring to the individual apps which can get updated nightly depending on the coders!  (As mentioned above, you can turn these notifications off.)

This latest one featured a security update. And they're usually big fat updates, which require rebooting the phone.
 
As for apps, yeah, I definitely need to turn those notifications down. I just looked and even though I barely use any app and don't have many installed, and in spite of spending so much time updating everything, I do have one which could be updated.

I blindly update all Android updates. Just like my monthly SONAR. 
 
Hey, what can go wro

bapu
I blindly update all Android updates. Just like my monthly SONAR. 
 
Hey, what can go wro

Funny.
 
I do eventually let the updates do their thing.

Once a month, I wipe all the notifications that have piled up. I don't update anything unless I have to.
 
At least with Android you don't have to worry about an update completely disabling your phone if something goes awry. If there's a silver lining to my late wife's passing, it's that I no longer have to do iOS support.