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Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year ago

Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates

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Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates

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Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year ago

Google says it’ll support Pixel 8 series with seven years of Android updates

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Two seven-year smartphones.

Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.

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This will be a great phone to flash custom roms or even Linux.
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  as long as you get the right one that can be flashed.
  
  IME most pixels available on the secondary market are bootloader locked.
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    I buy from Google, so not an issue there.
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    You’re better off buying from them directly anyways.

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