Hi, I was looking for a new device and was comparing Android update years and security patches. I’ve been looking at various news stories and read that Xiaomi made a change and would offer six years of major Android updates to the Xiaomi 15 series. Is this true? Is there anything more known about this, or am I mistaken? Thanks in advance.
It’s still 4 years of OS updates, but 6 years of security updates.
Probably what will happen is that after the OS updates are done the security patches will be reduced to every 2-3 months.
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It’s just that every time I search for information on the subject, I get more confused. I see news like this that says they’re coming to Android 21 and I think that they’ll have 6 years of OS updates.
https://xiaomitime.com/xiaomi-15-series-offer-6-year-update-guarantee-24976/
This website has linked the source which is from Xiaomi, and then completely interpreted it incorrectly.
Xiaomi’s support website states that the 15 series “security update EOL” is 6 years later. That does not include major Android OS updates, which was officially pegged at 4 years.
The 15 series will see Android 19 for sure, and then anything after that would be considered lucky. Security patches will continue until 2031.