My tablet i beleive isnt running the current update because this particular model has been discontinued. And probaley would be forced to buy a new device. But this would require me to delay 6 months before buying a new one. This is distressing news
You have nothing at all to fear from that announcement. Android 7 is still a well supported version, though, you may find it possible to update your device to a later version.
The 'life' of portable mobile devices is considered as fairly limited, most devices will fail through various reasons before they get to 10years old, such as battery issues, screen issues, or memory issues. Also, with the speed of progress in processing ability of mobile devices, devices can become obsolete long before they cease to work, as they will not have the capacity, or ability to run the latest software and security systems.
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Welcome to the Google Account support community. That is quite a 'sensational' article, but that should perhaps be expected from that publication.
It mentions Android 2.3! That version of Android was released over 10 years ago! However phones bought in 2010 should have had enough capability to be updated to later versions of Android, depending on the specification of the device. If a device could not update past Android 2.3, that would indicate the device was much older than 2010, and/or had minimum specifications at the time.
There are very, very few people still running Android 2.3, or older versions of Android. The reason for withdrawing support for such devices are due to being unable to offer the latest security patches to such old devices.
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Hello! My tablet is an asus zenpad 8.0 bought in 2019 i beleive. Hoping i wont be affected..in any case, iam researching possible emulators to run android on my pc. Thx for the reply
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You have nothing at all to fear from that announcement. Android 7 is still a well supported version, though, you may find it possible to update your device to a later version.
The 'life' of portable mobile devices is considered as fairly limited, most devices will fail through various reasons before they get to 10years old, such as battery issues, screen issues, or memory issues. Also, with the speed of progress in processing ability of mobile devices, devices can become obsolete long before they cease to work, as they will not have the capacity, or ability to run the latest software and security systems.
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I have a habit of overreacting in cases like this. We shall see if all is well come the 27th. Meanwhile ill start saving up to buy another tablet that runs android 10 or 11. Thx for your help
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