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Well, a year ago the GDK wasn't even out yet so I'm not sure I'd say that.

But since XE16 Glass has taken a step backwards both in daily usability, and from a dev perspective (no more static cards from GDK apps? Touchpad no longer scrolls ListViews? and so on...)

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A year ago, you could at least ignore the whole GDK mess and run regular Android apps, with a bluetooth keyboard/touchpad. But XE12 (the December update) broke the Android dialog-box API, and XE16 removed both external keyboard support and the ability to navigate Android apps with gestures.

Just curious what does this mean to the new users of Glass? Don't update?

Updates cannot be refused. If you root your device and reflash with an old version, you will find the updater is extremely aggressive and can't be disabled. On top of that, once a device has had XE16 installed on it, XE11 (the last version that I found acceptable) and earlier versions are rendered unbootable.

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