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Really, three years should be the bare minimum at this point Matthew Hughes Mon 10 May 2021 // 17:25 UTC Share Copy The Chinese company is promising at least three years of software and security updates for selected premium devices introduced after July. And? It's underwhelming. When it comes to software updates, most smartphone vendors fare dismally. Three years is a decent figure, on par with the Android One programme, although slightly below what Samsung has provided newer Galaxy devices. But the devil's in the details, or lack thereof. In a spectacularly fluffy pie...

Goodnight, sweet prince: Awesome life expectancy for an Android, but now it's time to move on Matthew Hughes Tue 4 May 2021 // 16:47 UTC Share Copy Four years after it first hit shelves, Samsung has finally stopped issuing security patches for the venerable Galaxy S8. The phone, first released in early 2017, no longer features on the company's list of supported devices, signifying its end of life. Early signs of the phone's looming discontinuation came last March, when Samsung ceased offering monthly security updates, switching to a quarterly schedule. By the standards...

Source: Apoorva Bhardwaj / Android Central Motorola has seen its fortunes fade under Lenovo's tutelage, but the brand continues to roll out a cavalcade of budget phones that seemingly don't differ all that much from their predecessors. While it doesn't have the same level of cachet as five years ago, Motorola makes some of the best cheap Android phones and continues to do well in markets like the U.S. But the brand's sales have taken a nosedive in countries like India, where the Chinese contingent of Xiaomi and Realme effectively rule the budget category. Motorola's answer to this is to decre...

Android 11 Update Now Rolling Out For Nokia 2.4 Advertisement Advertisement The Nokia 2.4 is the Finnish company’s latest device to get the Android 11 update. The 2020 budget mid-ranger is now receiving the latest version of Android in a number of countries across several continents. As is always the case with Nokia, the update is rolling out in waves. The first wave of Android 11 rollout for the Nokia 2.4 begins this week and will cover users in the following 35 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Cambodia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait...

Samsung Galaxy A60 gets Android 11-based One UI update A couple of years ago, Samsung’s name was easily associated with the “Android fragmentation” problem. However, since the last year, the company has been doing a stellar job to change this. In fact, the company nowadays is anything but slow in providing updates, especially when we consider its huge portfolio of smartphones. The brand already has many of its smartphones running Android 11 and now, the Galaxy A60 joins the list. For those unaware, the Galaxy A60 was launched in 2019 with Android 9 Pie and received an Android 10 update ...