Google says it’ll support Pixel 8 series with seven years of Android updates
www.theverge.com
Two seven-year smartphones.

Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.

  • ink@r.nfEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Are they going to bundle chrome as a system update like apple bundles safari, just so they can say they have longer update cycle?

    • dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      25·
      9 months ago

      You can disable auto update of chrome. And you can switch your default browser. And you can install a system wide adblocker. And you can get a chill pill.

    • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
      20·
      9 months ago

      I’m not sure what you mean by that. Chrome is already a system app on most android devices. Be it pixel, Samsung, oneplus, etc.

      • Markaos@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        System apps can be updated through Google Play (or any other channel) just fine. The version bundled with the system is just the baseline you can always revert to.

        During a system update, the system apps only get updated if you don’t already have a newer or same version installed (no automatic downgrades).

        • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          I already know what a system app is and how updates work for them. I was questioning what he meant by having Chrome as a system app and claiming years of OS updates. His comment did not make any sense.

          • Markaos@lemmy.oneEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            They were talking about old iOS getting a system update just to update WebKit/Safari which then generated quite a few news articles about how long Apple supports old phones. Their comment made perfect sense, they just didn’t know how Android works internally.

            • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Re-reading the parent comment, I’m not sure if it was sarcasm or ignorance. I guess you should have written this comment to my reply. And the Chrome update thing to that commentor. Anyway, thanks for the clarification.

    • newIdentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      It’s not Android 4 where the browser actually had to be updated with a system update

      Also they specifically said OS updates