Nokia to Provide an Extra Year of Security Updates for Some Older Devices

Nokia's beginning four Android devices were far from perfect and lacked several key features that could lure prospective users towards the brand. Thankfully, their subsequent devices have been much bette. It's been a bit over two years since the Nokia iii, 5, half-dozen, and viii have been released, putting them outside of the quarterly security update window. Today, the company announced that the four devices will proceed to get quarterly security updates for an extra twelvemonth.

Nokia 3: Quarterly updates starting September 2019, ending September 2020.
Nokia five: Quarterly updates starting October 2019, ending October 2020.
Nokia 6: Quarterly updates starting October 2019, ending October 2020.
Nokia 8: Quarterly updates starting Oct 2019, ending Oct 2020.

Unfortunately, not all versions of these phones in all regions will continue to meet updates. The United states/Indian version of the Nokia 6 won't meet updates beyond October 2019. Even the Nokia 2 will stop receiving updates afterward this yr. Nigh of the devices are role of Google's Android One programme, so two years of regular updates are guaranteed. It'll be interesting to see how many devices Nokia grants these extensions to in one case their time is up. Nokia has proven time and over again that it is committed to delivering timely software updates to their devices. OEMs such as OnePlus and Google have started to roll out three major software upgrades to eligible smartphones and we hope that Nokia follows suit.

Fragmentation is and will go along to be, one of Android'due south biggest problems. Fifty-fifty today, Android Nougat is nonetheless the near used Android build across all registered devices. To Google's credit, things announced to be getting better with the advancement of technologies such equally Project Treble, but it'll be a long time before Android comes anywhere close to iOS. A well-maintained smartphone tin easily run for upwardly to five years with a little tweaking. The lack of major software upgrades and security updates outside of the two-year window forces users to await at other alternatives such equally custom ROMs.