If you currently have a Android mobile in your hands you probably know that their updates are limited. Manufacturers generally update devices for 2 years, 3 in the case of Samsung or Google. Today we know very interesting news about a law that has been proposed Germany to the European Commission. The country wants manufacturers to be obliged to offer 7 years of software updates on your devices, more than triple that of most brands at the moment.
Will your smartphone have 7 years of software updates?
There are several aspects to be detailed in this request from Germany to the European Union. When they talk about software updates at no time are they referring to operating system updates. Germany is not asking for 7 versions of Android on devices sold in your country: you only want the devices to terminals are supported for 7 years.
East update support it can be with security updates, patches to fix certain bugs or updates to the operating system. The good news is that the devices would have support for longer, but no more android versions. Manufacturers, as soon as the law is successful, would be obliged to offer support, but not to update the operating system.
Even so, we are only talking about a proposal that Germany has made to the European Union, which, in no case is it approved. 9to5google says that the European Commission considers the possibility of forcing manufacturers to offer 5 years of updates, which is the figure currently offered by Apple on most of its mobiles.
The goal of all this is end possible planned obsolescence of some manufacturers and that electronic devices have an increasing useful life. Renewing after more time causes the device production to go down, something positive for the environment and pollution.