[the Verge] - Google says it’ll support Pixel 8 series with seven years of Android updates
[the Verge] - Google says it’ll support Pixel 8 series with seven years of Android updates
Two seven-year smartphones.
Fairphone shows it's possible for companies to support devices longer than three years. Now it trickles up.
Can you easily replace the battery?
6That was my first thought. How long will they support hardware repairs for?
I hope it’s equal. I also hope this starts a trend. It’s one of my too aversions to using android.
But I guess I’d be in a pixel or Samsung if I were to ever switch anyway.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will be supported with seven years of “OS, security, and Feature Drop updates,” meaning buyers should be able to use them until 2030 before their software starts to become outdated.
It’s also a longer support period than what basically all of Google’s mainstream Android competitors are currently offering.
Google has the freedom to offer this longer support period thanks to using its own Tensor processor in the Pixel 8 series, which gives it more control over the hardware that’s gone into the phone compared to most of its Android competitors.
Apple, another manufacturer that also produces its own processors for its phones, offers similarly lengthy support periods.
But that assumes Google is still using the same annual release cadence for Android seven years from now, even before we get into its somewhat flaky history of ongoing support for other services and initiatives.
However, Fairphone has no plans to sell its fifth-generation device in the US and is also only committed to releasing five major Android OS updates.
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