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@mastermind@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

7 years of software updates for the Pixel 8 series

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7 years of software updates for the Pixel 8 series

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@mastermind@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago
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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will receive seven years of ongoing software support across Android OS, security and Feature Drops.
  • AggressivelyPassive
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    Pixel 4a just fell out of support, that’s roughly 3 years. Not so great.

    • @ninchuka@lemmy.one
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      Compared to almost all other android phone marker it’s decent and https://endoflife.date/pixel starting with the pixel 6 gen they got 5 years now 7 with the pixel 8

      • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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        If you have to compare it with terrible to look OK, it’s a tacit admission Android support windows are next to terrible.

    • @java@beehaw.org
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      Wow, that’s less than my Galaxy S8. It was getting updates from 2017 to 2022.

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