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? Google devices receive Android updates well into 5+ years. I had a Nexus 4 (2013) running Android 8.1 (2017-2018). I also belive Android tends to have fewer
by keerthiko 7y ago
? Google devices receive Android updates well into 5+ years. I had a Nexus 4 (2013) running Android 8.1 (2017-2018).
I also belive Android tends to have fewer breaking OS changes that render modern apps incapable of running on both older and newer OS versions, compared to iOS, so it's significantly worse for usability on iOS with a device that is ~4+ years old.
- bscphil 7y agoThis got very rare, even for the Nexus devices. The Nexus 5X got only a little over 2 years of feature support, and 3 years of security support, which is the minimum they guarantee.
- keerthiko 7y agoThe Nexus 5X was a disaster of a phone so I don't blame them for sticking to the minimum. I actually switched back from my Nexus 5X after 6 months to my fully working Nexus 4 when I was pleased to find it was continuing to receive all the OS updates. Probably could still finagle a Android 10 ROM onto it if one tried hard enough. I will grant shitty devices like the 5X is something that happens slightly more often with Google devices than Apple (although the Macbook pro keyboards kind of brought parity). I still think for the layperson consumer, apps continuing to work even if they are not being actively developed is a bigger deal than continuing to receive constant security updates, from the perspective of device usability past 3 years at least.