LG Will Shut Down Update Servers For Its Android Smartphones In June (9to5google.com) 8
LG will permanently shut down its Android smartphone update servers on June 30, 2025, ending all software, app, and security updates for its devices. If you're still using an smartphone, you'll want to install any remaining updates before that date, as no future updates will be available afterward. 9to5Google reports: When LG called it quits for Android smartphones, the company also committed to a few more updates. That included an Android 12 update for select devices, the last major update the company would put out, as well as security updates for at least three years after each device had been released. That three-year cutoff has long since passed for all LG devices, but any devices still floating around out there will soon no longer be able to pull updates. LG's notice can be read here.
Because LG are ethical people (Score:2)
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There was...
Apparently it was part of their developer website, that shut down at the end of 2021, 6 months after they announced there would be no more phones.
Those who bought the phone, had the chance to unlock it.
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Does that mean these people could still keep their phones updated by installing Lineage OS?
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Lineage OS supports only these phones: https://wiki.lineageos.org/dev... [lineageos.org] and eventually, these will likely age-off the list.
Or the batteries will become unobtanium.
too bad (Score:2)
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Life's Good.
Then you die.
TIL LG had exited the Android smartphone market (Score:2)
Weren't they one of the biggest players in that space? Who's left in the premium tier, Samsung and Motorola?
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(And Google. Duh.)