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Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates (www.windowscentral.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Microsoft is done supporting the original Surface Duo, three years after it first launched on September 10. The company has stated from the very start that the Surface Duo would receive just three years of OS updates, meaning today is the last day that Microsoft has to stay true to its word.

Going forward, Microsoft will no longer ship new OS updates or security patches for the original Surface Duo, meaning Android 12L is the last version of the OS it will ever officially receive. Surface Duo only ever got two major OS updates, one shy of the average three that most high-end flagship Android devices get these days.

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[–] systemguy_64 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty standard for Android phones. I don't know of many that go to 3 versions besides the Pixel.

As much as I dislike Apple, I do have to give it to them for software support. The oldest phone that has the current iOS is the iPhone 8, a phone from 2017. 6 years of updates. That makes it as old as a Pixel 2, and that only goes to Android 11, from 2020.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My Samsung A71 from 2020 came with Android 10 and is currently on 13 and it's a midrange model.

[–] GibSteamCodes 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same with my S20 FE.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

S20 is at least flagship