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LG make a three years pledge of Android updates despite leaving phone business

LG has declared a promise to give future Android OS updates to a considerable lot of its cell phones despite confirming earlier this week that it’ll be leaving the telephone business altogether. The Velvet, Wing, and G-and V-series telephones from 2019 or later ought to get three Android refreshes from their time of delivery, and “certain 2020 models such as LG Stylo and K series” will get two updates.

For instance, the Velvet came out a year ago with Android 10, and its Android 11 rollout is right now in progress. That implies that it ought to likewise be getting Android 12 and 13 eventually, accepting Google proceeds with its yearly cadence. LG differently portrays this declaration as a “three-year pledge” and a “three-OS-update guarantee.”

The declaration is little surprising because LG telephones by and large wouldn’t have been required to get that numerous updates even while LG was really in the telephone business. The organization declared a devoted “Software Upgrade Center” in 2018, however little to nothing changed about its Android update circumstance. The majority of its most recent premium telephones aren’t booked to get Android 11 until the finish of 2021.

Recently, LG’s Korean site indicated that some chose models would likewise get an Android 12 update.

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