> Google has recently managed to strike some better deals with Qualcomm to get updates for 5 years for the latest crop of Pixel devices The last 2 generations

> Google has recently managed to strike some better deals with Qualcomm to get updates for 5 years for the latest crop of Pixel devices The last 2 generations of Pixels use Google's own SoC (developed with Samsung?) called Tensor[0]. Google deserves some criticism here. The main force behind Android is now behind Apple and other Android brands. Samsung uses a mix of Qualcomm and Exynos, and their flagships get 4 major Android updates. OnePlus, which relies on Qualcomm and Mediatek, will do the same for "selected devices"[1]. A Pixel 7 only gets 3 major updates... at least the phone receives security updates for 5 years, but they need to improve. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Tensor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Tensor [1] https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-four-platform-updates-five-security/ https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-four-platform-updates...