Its encouraging to see Google, Microsoft, and Samsung all devote to a solid period of Android updates, especially after Android has suffered from challenges with updates and security support for many years. Its a circumstance thats rapidly enhancing, and Android 10 had the fastest adoption rate of any version of Android yet earlier this year.
It matches a similar current dedication from Samsung to deliver support for “3 generations of Android updates” for its Galaxy S10 and more recent devices (except the A-series). Three years also matches Googles own assistance for its Pixel phones. Google provides “at least 3 years from when the device initially appeared on the Google Store” of Android version updates.
This implies if you buy Microsofts $1,399 Android phone, youre guaranteed to get the most recent Android versions for three years. Naturally, this will also consist of updates to Microsofts customized Android launcher on the device and any other software application enhancements that are likely to be made in the coming months and years ahead.
Android still drags Apples remarkable adoption rate of iOS versions, for obvious reasons. Offering Microsoft, Google, Samsung, and others adhere to their upgrade promises, we might be about to witness Android getting a lot closer to iOS update adoption in the years ahead.
Microsofts Surface Duo device.Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales/ The Verge.
Microsoft is dedicating to support its brand-new Surface Duo Android phone with updates for 3 years. “Surface Duo will be supported with OS and security updates for 3 years,” says a Microsoft spokesperson in a declaration to The Brink
