Pixel Watch updates are only guaranteed for 3 years

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8 points·semenko··6 comments

Three years seems to be the standard amount of time that Google supports their phones. (A bit of web searching suggests Google may support newer phones for five years.)

I used to have a Nexus 5 phone, and when Google stopped sending updates, I rooted it and installed LineageOS on it, which gave it another couple of years life until Lineage stopped supporting the device.

Aftermarket ROMs really ought to be a thing on smartwatches, too. All I want is for someone to remove the Google/Apple code and leave the watch/MP3 player functionality. If that existed, I'd probably be fine leaving my phone at home 90% of the time.

I think it's standard for smart watches too. IIRC the first Apple Watch only got 3 years of updates. (full disclosure, I work for Google but not on Android stuff)

Four-year-old processor, not surprising

I was excited about the watch until i learned that. At least i can save my money now.

Very few people have been buying android watches for the last several years because of the crap experience the old cpus have been giving for battery life, etc.

I want a smartwatch, but I don't want to have to stop using it after less than 5 years because it stops getting security updates. For anyone who says the old processor is an excuse, remember that the Intel 486 from 1989 can still run the latest version of Linux.

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