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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113603951027289464

Android doesn't have any long term support branches for older versions of the mobile OS.

It was clear they'd likely provide 5 years of OS updates for 6th/7th gen Pixels rather than 3 from the start. Documentation clearly hinted at it by saying they'd provide 5 years of security AND features updates.