simple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: keepyourphonelonger@lemmy.casustainabletech@lemmy.sdf.orghackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-linkPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comsimple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: keepyourphonelonger@lemmy.casustainabletech@lemmy.sdf.orghackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.
minus-squarefabian_drinks_milk@lemmy.fmhy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThis is similar to Fairphone’s situation. For the Fairphone 5 they just use an IoT chip with long term support from Qualcomm enabling them to give at least 5 years of feature updates and 8 years of security patches.
This is similar to Fairphone’s situation. For the Fairphone 5 they just use an IoT chip with long term support from Qualcomm enabling them to give at least 5 years of feature updates and 8 years of security patches.