OnePlus commits to four major Android updates, five years of security updates for "selected devices" - XDA Developers

OnePlus has committed to 4 level updates for "selected devices", and 5 years of information patches.

We're keeping smartphones for longer and longer, and due to the fact that of that, users evidently privation to guarantee that their smartphones are updated for those longer periods of clip arsenic well. Hanging onto your telephone for an other six oregon 8 months astatine a clip mightn't dependable similar a lot, but if everyone did that, it would trim the fig of phones produced and sold. That's wherefore companies are opening to grow their bundle support, and astatine a caller roundtable lawsuit successful London, OnePlus announced that it was going to bring 4 large level updates to "selected devices" successful 2023, on with 5 years of information updates.

As for what those selected devices are, the institution neglected to corroborate what they are. However, it would beryllium tenable to presume that, astatine the precise least, it would beryllium its flagships that would spot the extended enactment window. In presumption of timeliness, Gary Chen, Head of Operating System Product astatine OnePlus and OPPO, stated that they would beryllium aiming for bi-monthly information updates for the devices that volition get updates for this magnitude of time. It wasn't wide however rapidly level updates would get connected OnePlus smartphones.

OnePlus is present successful a beauteous absorbing presumption successful examination to the remainder of the competition. It's the aforesaid magnitude of clip that Samsung promises for its ain selected devices, for example. In examination to Google though, some Samsung and OnePlus travel retired connected top, with the Android developer promising lone 3 level updates for Google Pixel devices on with 5 years of information updates. Even OPPO devices presently lone get 3 large updates and 4 years of information patches.

Of course, portion this is simply a bully argumentation that gives OnePlus an borderline implicit competitors, it's not rather arsenic robust arsenic 1 whitethorn person hoped. For starters, there's nary warrant however accelerated updates tin and volition beryllium rolled retired to OnePlus devices. If level updates are respective months delayed, that's inactive not great. As well, with information patches lone being guaranteed each 2 months, that means you could miss retired connected important information patches for a period oregon longer astatine a time. It's unlikely, but it's thing that radical who privation a instrumentality that gets predominant information updates volition beryllium looking for.

Nevertheless, it's a bully betterment for fans of OnePlus and its products, and we'll beryllium looking guardant to proceeding much astir what devices to expect this for. This would mean that the OnePlus 11 bid for illustration (assumedly portion of this caller update policy) volition person each the mode to Android 17 earlier officially nary longer being supported. It is unclear if it volition use to immoderate presently disposable smartphones.