Google may expand updates assurance Nexus line … – Tudocelular.com

When Google released version Ice Cream Sandwich Android in 2011, it began an update warranty policy that promised that the Nexus line would receive support the search giant for at least 18 months. This reassured the user to buy a new smartphone, where he would receive at month three new versions of the system. The same should apply to the partner company who adopt the little robot as a system in their products, however, not all pay attention to this requirement.

Google has made it clear that is struggling to overcome the fragmentation Android, but all their attempts have not given positive results. Considering not only make your system more attractive, but also draw more users to the Nexus line, the company can extend the warranty time updates to new versions of the system within two years and guarantees major upgrades within three years. This feature will be implemented as of the release of the Android M , which ensures that who purchase a Nexus 2015 will support 2018 .

In short Within 18 months, the models launched in 2013 will already have closed this year as the case of the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 . The Nexus 7 2012 was a special case and is still receiving updates of Android, but Google will not bring the Android M for any of these models. Remember that Google starts to date not supported when the model is released, but when it goes on sale in the Play Store. The Nexus 4, for example, was launched in November 2012, but only came to the company store in 2013. Since the Nexus 10, which was released at the same time, only began to be sold by Google in 2014. Thus, even the tablet being as old as his brother smartphone, it will still receive some critical system updates.

Following this line, the Nexus 7 2013 (also available in Play Store only in 2014) will still receive system updates until 2016. With this, it must rely on the Android M and their future security patches. The Nexus 5 is still within the complete assurance, receiving not only the Android M, but any update derived from it. Finally, the Nexus Nexus 6 and 9 still rely on Google’s full support until 2016 to receive the next version after Android M, beyond security update by the end of next year.

The giant Mountain View has the Google I / O event scheduled for this week. We hope that during the event the same materializes such information and reveal your new plan updates guaranteed for the Nexus line. It would be interesting if other companies also follow this line, as we see various models receiving only an update of Android and are abandoned while many others die with the same version of the system that came from the factory.

(updated on May 24, 2015 at 14:23)