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Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates (www.windowscentral.com)
submitted 11 months ago by geosoco@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft is done supporting the original Surface Duo, three years after it first launched on September 10. The company has stated from the very start that the Surface Duo would receive just three years of OS updates, meaning today is the last day that Microsoft has to stay true to its word.

Going forward, Microsoft will no longer ship new OS updates or security patches for the original Surface Duo, meaning Android 12L is the last version of the OS it will ever officially receive. Surface Duo only ever got two major OS updates, one shy of the average three that most high-end flagship Android devices get these days.

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[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

No OS updates is one thing, but no security patches is not great. The base Surface Duo can easily do another 2-3 years.

[–] corbin@infosec.pub 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here's hoping someone gets LineageOS ported.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Yea, especially if this is a second machine for productivity. The Duo is hard to beat and Lineage will help it lots.

[–] Mindlight@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yup. Just like my Nexus 10. Even though no one loves it I still do...