Here's how long your Google Pixel phone will get software updates

Your Google Pixel phone has a set lifetime of support based on when it first went on sale. After that, you have few options for using it securely. Here’s how long your Google Pixel phone will get software updates.

Big Tech Google Here’s how long your Google Pixel phone will get software updates Google offers great support for Pixels, but not all models enjoy the full timeline. Going forward, Pixel phones would receive seven years of software updates — not only routine security patches but major OS upgrades, too. It was a more solid promise than even Samsung, the largest vendor of Android devices, had made in 2019 when it pledged three years of major OS updates for lower-end Galaxy devices and seven for select flagships.

A quick loss of software support had previously been a major reason why Android phones failed to hold their value for long, so committing to that support was crucial for the future. A lot of popular smartphones are in their last year of support right now, but how many years of life does your Pixel phone have left. That may not be obvious unless you know the exact month and year it hit the market.

Google begins the window of service for a given Pixel smartphone in the month it became available for purchase on the Google Store website in the US. Newer Pixel phones get five to seven years of software updates Mashha/Shutterstock Google’s Pixel release date page is a helpful guide here.