{"id":544,"date":"2024-12-06T02:41:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2024-12-06T02:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:41:44","slug":"google-confirms-the-pixel-6-pixel-7-and-pixel-fold-will-get-two-extra-android-os-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/12\/06\/google-confirms-the-pixel-6-pixel-7-and-pixel-fold-will-get-two-extra-android-os-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Google confirms the Pixel 6, Pixel 7, and Pixel Fold will get two extra Android OS upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>They were initially promised three, and now they&#8217;re getting five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/v2\/t:0,l:0,cw:0,ch:0,q:80,w:650\/ok4DtbDBttY47RF49bTESU.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Google quietly updated a support document that now explains the Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, and Pixel Fold will receive five full OS upgrades.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Originally, Google promised these devices would get three full Android OS upgrades, and five years of security updates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The extension was rumored when the Pixel 6 series became eligible for the Android 16 developer preview, and it&#8217;s now official.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Google is retroactively providing an extra two years of full OS upgrades to the Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, and Pixel Fold, it quietly detailed in an<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/answer\/4457705\">updated support document<\/a>. Additionally, the company says that during this extended window, these models &#8220;may&#8221; also get new features through Pixel Drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The change was first spotted byNail Sadykov on X(<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MishaalRahman\/status\/1864731533245845712?\">viaMishaal Rahman<\/a>). It confirms what was originally suspected when Google released the first developer preview for Android 16 last month: the company plans to support the Pixel 6, Pixel 7, and Pixel Fold beyond its initial promises. TheAndroid 16 Developer Preview 1updatesupported the Pixel 6, Pixel 6a, and Pixel 6 Pro, even though Android 15 should be its last OS upgrade according to Google&#8217;s three-year promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the entire Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series \u2014 plus the original Pixel Fold \u2014 will get a total of five years of OS upgrades from the time they were first released. That&#8217;s two more years than Google initially promised, as its first guarantee was that each of these models would get three years of OS upgrades and five years of security update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GeDa_7QXsAAF3Kf?format=png&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Google-1746589-GPDX1\">GPDX1 Battery for Google Pixel Fold<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Google-1744113-GP5JE\">GP5JE Battery for Google Pixel 7a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The change means that the Pixel 6, Pixel 6a, and Pixel 6 Pro should receive Android 16 and Android 17. Meanwhile, the Pixel 7, Pixel 7a, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Fold should receive Android 16, Android 17, and Android 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google has significantly expanded its guaranteed software support windows since it switched to its in-house Tensor processors, setting a new industry-standard with seven years of full OS upgrades on the Pixel 8 andPixel 9 series. However, competitors are catching up. Qualcomm recently announced theSnapdragon 8 Elite chipsetcould support up to eight years of major Android version updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Google Pixel brand has grown of late,earning double-digit market share. It seems that Google is now showing some goodwill to Pixel owners by extending the support their existing devices will receive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They were initially promised three, and now they&#8217;re getting five. What you need to know Google is retroactively providing an extra two years of full OS upgrades to the Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, and Pixel Fold, it quietly detailed in anupdated support document. Additionally, the company says that during this extended window, these &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/12\/06\/google-confirms-the-pixel-6-pixel-7-and-pixel-fold-will-get-two-extra-android-os-upgrades\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google confirms the Pixel 6, Pixel 7, and Pixel Fold will get two extra Android OS upgrades<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}