β² 63 βΌ The Pixel 6 looks like it will miss out on Android's next big kernel upgrade (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/android@lemdro.id 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (4 children) I guess my old 6 Pro is finally making the jump to GrapheneOS. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [β] gankouskhan@piefed.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) They usually drop support after Google does no? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) GrapheneOS aims to maintain update support for at least 5 years (from their FAQ). GrapheneOS still supports Pixel 5 for example (released 5 years, 8 months ago), Google stopped updating that model in Nov. 2023. GrapheneOS likely won't maintain support for older models forever, but for older devices they can extend the life a good few years past Google's end of support. ETA: In fairness to Google, their support window on newer models is a lot better. From https://endoflife.date/pixel, for Pixel 8, 9 & 10 series they've committed to 7 years of Android updates. My Pixel 7 is only getting 4 years of updates, hence my interest in GrapheneOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Markaos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago My Pixel 7 is only getting 4 years of updates It was originally supposed to be 3 + 2 years of security updates only, then got bumped to 5 years of full updates when the 6 series reached the end of their 3 year support (I think that was also the time Google first updated the kernel on the Pixels). Or if you don't count the initial year, it's just 6 years for 8+ permalink fedilink source parent [β] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago Doesn't matter. I haven't tried Graphene yet because I needed to keep the phone for corporate use. Now that it will be obsoleted, I canbtry Graphene, even ifbuts an older build. permalink fedilink source parent [β] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 7 points 3 weeks ago Given that the goal of GrapheneOS is security OS, and not the ability to run it on anything and everything, I would expect them to phase out support for old devices very shortly after the official support stops β primarily due to the fact that security fixes for those devices won't be coming. permalink fedilink source parent [β] WhisperingEye@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago Just updated my pixel 6a to 17 through graphene πͺ permalink fedilink source parent [β] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child) So get there while you still can, GrapheneOS is awesome :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] victorz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago While we can? What happens and when, so that we won't be able to? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] gankouskhan@piefed.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) They usually drop support after Google does no? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) GrapheneOS aims to maintain update support for at least 5 years (from their FAQ). GrapheneOS still supports Pixel 5 for example (released 5 years, 8 months ago), Google stopped updating that model in Nov. 2023. GrapheneOS likely won't maintain support for older models forever, but for older devices they can extend the life a good few years past Google's end of support. ETA: In fairness to Google, their support window on newer models is a lot better. From https://endoflife.date/pixel, for Pixel 8, 9 & 10 series they've committed to 7 years of Android updates. My Pixel 7 is only getting 4 years of updates, hence my interest in GrapheneOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Markaos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago My Pixel 7 is only getting 4 years of updates It was originally supposed to be 3 + 2 years of security updates only, then got bumped to 5 years of full updates when the 6 series reached the end of their 3 year support (I think that was also the time Google first updated the kernel on the Pixels). Or if you don't count the initial year, it's just 6 years for 8+ permalink fedilink source parent [β] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago Doesn't matter. I haven't tried Graphene yet because I needed to keep the phone for corporate use. Now that it will be obsoleted, I canbtry Graphene, even ifbuts an older build. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) GrapheneOS aims to maintain update support for at least 5 years (from their FAQ). GrapheneOS still supports Pixel 5 for example (released 5 years, 8 months ago), Google stopped updating that model in Nov. 2023. GrapheneOS likely won't maintain support for older models forever, but for older devices they can extend the life a good few years past Google's end of support. ETA: In fairness to Google, their support window on newer models is a lot better. From https://endoflife.date/pixel, for Pixel 8, 9 & 10 series they've committed to 7 years of Android updates. My Pixel 7 is only getting 4 years of updates, hence my interest in GrapheneOS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Markaos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago My Pixel 7 is only getting 4 years of updates It was originally supposed to be 3 + 2 years of security updates only, then got bumped to 5 years of full updates when the 6 series reached the end of their 3 year support (I think that was also the time Google first updated the kernel on the Pixels). Or if you don't count the initial year, it's just 6 years for 8+ permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Markaos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago My Pixel 7 is only getting 4 years of updates It was originally supposed to be 3 + 2 years of security updates only, then got bumped to 5 years of full updates when the 6 series reached the end of their 3 year support (I think that was also the time Google first updated the kernel on the Pixels). Or if you don't count the initial year, it's just 6 years for 8+ permalink fedilink source parent
[β] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago Doesn't matter. I haven't tried Graphene yet because I needed to keep the phone for corporate use. Now that it will be obsoleted, I canbtry Graphene, even ifbuts an older build. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 7 points 3 weeks ago Given that the goal of GrapheneOS is security OS, and not the ability to run it on anything and everything, I would expect them to phase out support for old devices very shortly after the official support stops β primarily due to the fact that security fixes for those devices won't be coming. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] WhisperingEye@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago Just updated my pixel 6a to 17 through graphene πͺ permalink fedilink source parent
[β] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child) So get there while you still can, GrapheneOS is awesome :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] victorz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago While we can? What happens and when, so that we won't be able to? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] victorz@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago While we can? What happens and when, so that we won't be able to? permalink fedilink source parent