• narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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    27 days ago

    Yeah, I won’t trust Google on that unless they actually deliver. Too many canned projects by that company.

    The iPhone 6S got iOS 9 to iOS 15, so 7 years of mainline software support and as of now it’s still getting security updates - 9 years later (latest version as of now is 15.8.3 released end of July this year). The iPhone XS entered year 7 of mainline software support with iOS 18.

    Sure, some phones only got 6 years of mainline software support, namely the iPhone 7 or iPhone X. They’re all still receiving security updates though.

    Google just now promised to more or less match that starting with the Pixel 8 series, but they didn’t retroactively apply that policy to their previous devices. The Pixel 8 now has just shy of 6 years of mainline software support to go to fulfill Google’s promise and we’ll see how long they’ll release security updates after that.