I belive you are mistaken. Android 17 final was "released" 6-7 weeks ago.
But Google being Google, this release is pretty much useless until Samsung et al deal with all bugs and performance issues, which will take 2-4 months.
But Google being Google, this release is pretty much useless until Samsung et al deal with all bugs and performance issues, which will take 2-4 months.
Besides, the phone software is highly optimised for the specific hardware. It is not a generic software like Windows
Seriously, why can't Android just be installed? Are they building it like the old-timey kernel before modules and embedding drivers in a giant monolith or something ridiculous?
But there's also nothing to stop you simply building the latest kernel from source and using that - it's pretty easy and it will work fine.
Yes, it does (CachyOS).