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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2136203 (!samsung@lemdro.id)

Samsung is an industry leader when it comes to Android OS and security updates. There are only a few Android manufacturers that can match the four years of Android OS and five years of security updates that it provides. Never one to rest on its laurels, the company is now actively considering to expand the […]

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[–] NemoWuMing@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Samsung is an industry leader when it comes to Android OS and security updates.

Great on them for considering doing the right thing, but they are not much of a leader if they only react after Google announced 7 years of support for the Pixel 8 😂

... Unless they top that with 12 years...

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Google hasn't actually done the 7 years of support yet. If they were serious about long term support it wouldn't have been just an announcement. They would be rolling out Android 14 to all the pixel devices from 7 years ago.

[–] justalittleguy@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

That literally doesn't make any sense. When Samsung announced it was going to 5 years it didn't update all the stuff in the past. It's a new thing starting with the new devices. They might give a little extension to devices still getting updates, but devices that already stopped getting updates are likely to have been upgraded from already and possibly harder to continue supporting.

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