Google: Future Android phones will receive 4 years of software updates

On December 17, according to XDA reports, Google cooperated with Qualcomm and announced that starting with the Snapdragon 888 flagship chip, Google will provide 3 major Android version updates and 4 years of security update support for future Android phones.

For example, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S21 series will be pre-installed with Android 11 system. In the future, it will receive major version updates such as Android 12, Android 13 and Android 14, and will also receive an additional year of security patch updates.

To sum up, in the future, models equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 flagship chip will be able to receive 4 years of update support.

However, in addition to Google, there are many mobile phone brands that have deeply customized the system, so only when all manufacturers commit to doing so can the pace of Android updates be promoted.

In fact, Google announced Project Treble three years ago, which aims to speed up software updates.

With Project Treble, when a new system is released, the workload of the underlying part is saved. After the AOSP source code is released, OEM manufacturers only need to upgrade the Android system framework according to their own needs.

Now Google has gone a step further and teamed up with Qualcomm to bring a more complete software update experience to Android phones, which is worth looking forward to.

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