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.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
    63·
    1 year ago

    Every Pixel so far has been supported for as long or longer than it’s official support window. This isn’t a free chat app. It costs a lot and it comes with warranties and expectations for true spec sheets.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Also consider that the cost to do the maintenance updates has decreased due to extensive code refactoring and projects like Treble, Mainline, and the Generic Kernel Image. Major work in the platform has been focused on cutting these costs.

      • bug@lemmy.oneEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Speak for yourself, that’s 7 years of GrapheneOS support! What phone do you use which you think is squeaky clean?

        • ayushnix@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          There isn’t one. Maybe Fairphone 5 but even with custom ROMs, running Play Services as a sandboxed user app isn’t possible. And even vanilla iPhones can’t be as privacy oriented as GrapheneOS is.

    • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Maybe so, but those windows have never been close to this long, so I’ll believe it when I see it.