This doesn’t change anything, Google said 7 years of OS updates, not 7 Android versions. The device should be getting support until 2031 regardless of which android version it shipped with
What matters is when that date is set for (traditionally based on the day it goes on sale) and when the new OS comes out (7 years from now). This is also only the guaranteed support date. They can (and have) delivered updates after the guaranteed date.
I hope this isn’t intended as cheap way for them to reduce the 7 years of support down to 6
No it’s probably because they didn’t have time for stable android 15
This doesn’t change anything, Google said 7 years of OS updates, not 7 Android versions. The device should be getting support until 2031 regardless of which android version it shipped with
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None of that matters. End of support dates are published.
What matters is when that date is set for (traditionally based on the day it goes on sale) and when the new OS comes out (7 years from now). This is also only the guaranteed support date. They can (and have) delivered updates after the guaranteed date.
That’s just a coincidental side effect
A happy little accident, if you will