In 2020, phone makers began expanding support for Android updates for up to three years. But Google has just announced that phones running Qualcomm’s future chipsets since Snapdragon 888 will have four years of Android per capita. Android police..Thinking about the future Samsung Galaxy S21 It’s rumored to have this chipset, so it could be the first mobile phone with Android for four years.
why? Because Samsung had a banner year that first announced that mobile phones would be offered a three-year Android OS and security updates. Start-up With Samsung Note 20 not only, Galaxy S20 With line Extension In the midrange Samsung Galaxy A51..
Other phone makers are following up: Microsoft Rumored to be (or like) for a surface duo Sony), But Samsung is at the forefront of these efforts, and it makes sense for Samsung S21 phones to get the first four-year update.
Sure, Samsung has been waiting until just before the August release of the Note 20 promises a three-year update, so it’s possible that it won’t announce it outside the gate. However, the cat was taken out of the bag because it could support it for four years. It would be strange if another company beat Samsung. After all, Samsung is usually the first major phone maker to debut this year’s essential features with the S-series flagship: in 2019 the S10 line added a punchhole selfie camera, but in 2020 The S20 series was the first to play sports 5G.
4 Years Android and Security Updates – For All Mobiles
That’s one of the more amazing aspects of the news all The future Qualcomm chipset will allow for a 4-year Android update. This means that midrange and low cost mobile phones may also have this extension.
Of course, it all depends on the phone manufacturer implementing it. Samsung quickly announced that high-end handsets will get more Android updates than the two-year standard, but it doesn’t include cheap A-series phones. A brief explanation may not be worth the effort, as consumers haven’t owned a budget phone for that long time, or other features (more cameras, better screens) are more desired. about it.
This is disappointing given how good midrange and low-priced phones have been in the last few years.On earth, OnePlus is quiet Explanation That new Nord N10 5G Phone gets only one update – this year Android 11 – This isn’t just substandard … it’s hard to recommend given all the features that will be missed in the future.
Wait for Samsung to confirm that the Galaxy S21 will get the 4th year update when it introduces the phone on the January 14th launch date. If not, see if another phone maker beats Samsung.