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GrapheneOS on Pixels getting extended Android support
- chuankl 2y agoThe title is ambiguous. It might sound like it is about > "GrapheneOS on Pixels" getting "extended Android support" But it is really about > GrapheneOS (commenting) on "Pixels getting extended Android support"
- mkeedlinger 2y agoThanks, your disambiguation helped me
- sourraspberry 2y agoAlso - it's an extension of OS updates but these phones were already getting security updates for the same period. Example: Previously, Pixel 6 was to receive 3 years of OS updates and 5 years of security updates. Now it will receive 5 years of both.
- izacus 2y agoYeah, I'd call this kind of title outright misleading. Graphene is getting longer support because Google will support the phones for longer.
- lentil 2y agoIt’s great that Google is extending the support, and that GrapheneOS can benefit from it. I bought a Pixel 4a specifically for installing GrapheneOS. I used it happily for almost 3 years, until EOL firmware support. The phone worked fine, but I wanted the reassurance of firmware security updates. I was going to get a Pixel 6/7 (I forget which was available at the time) to use GrapheneOS again, but I was so annoyed at Google for only supporting firmware for 3 years, that I decided to switch to an iPhone SE. Shortly after this, I believe the next Pixel came out with 5+ years support. I had some regret, but the iPhone SE is OK, and I didn’t want to buy a new phone just for the sake of it. I will probably switch back to GrapheneOS for my next phone, as it really is a great mobile OS. Hopefully the project is still going strong by then.
- Caligatio 2y agoAs a point of clarification: all Pixel phones starting with the 6 were guaranteed 5 years of firmware support. Some phones only had 3 years of OS upgrades (vs 5 years of security patches). Now everything is getting 5 years of OS upgrades.
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