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> It's quite surreal how unsafe the standard Android

Well that's untrue. I'd even venture to say that with how many OEMs there are it's insane how safe Android is. Google for one updates their devices for 7 years since Pixel 6, they can't control OEMs who might have ~10 people working on their devices.



> Google for one updates their devices for 7 years since Pixel 6

Pixel 8 https://endoflife.date/pixel


If I don't misunderstand you, you're suggesting the Pixel 8 line is shown red/discontinued? If that's it, you're probably on a mobile browser which might cut off right after the Discontinued column. The table goes on next to that where you'll see that all Pixels since 6 are currently still supported.

Pixel 8 line:

> Ends in 4 years and 10 months (01 Oct 2030)


You misunderstood. He’s saying that Google provides 7 years of device updates only for the Pixel 8 and later. That’s true: Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 only get 5 years of updates.

Pixel 7:

> Ends in 1 year and 10 months (01 Oct 2027)

Pixel 6:

> Ends in 10 months (01 Oct 2026)


Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for clearing that up.


Pixel 8 updates end in 2030. Or did you think the 7 years of updates didn't apply to it?


I replied to a poster who said the seven years of updates began with the Pixel 6 with "Pixel 8" and a link which showed when support expires on these devices, because... it began with the Pixel 8, not 6.



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