The Pixel 6 will only have three years of Android updates but five years of security updates

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The Pixel 6 will only have three years of Android updates but five years of security updates

After months of leaks this afternoon Google has finally announced the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, and there is a rumor that in the last days began to sound with great force that finally has not been fully fulfilled.

The rumor said that Google was going to offer five years of security updates and four years of Android updates in their new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro but only the first part was true. ** Google has confirmed the deadlines for the updates of the new Pixel 6 ** denying that rumor.


Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro update deadlines

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Wearing the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro his own Google Tensor chip whose launch in Spain will be in 2022 We had the hope that Google will extend the terms of the updates to more years to try to match the five or six years that Apple comes to offer on its devices, but it has not been as we expected.

Google has confirmed that the new Pixel 6 have security updates insured at least until October 2026, that is, five years of security updates, but for updates to new versions of Android we see that they are guaranteed at least until October 2024, that is, three years of Android updates as we can see in the google support page.

Pixel 6 Updates

In this way, the Pixel 6 will continue to have three years of Android updates like the rest of the Pixel and third-party manufacturers on your Android devices. In security updates, with the Pixel 6, Google manages to match the five years of security updates that Samsung promised a few months ago for your devices.

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