<story><title>Google could have updated the Pixel 3 until Android 13, it just didn&apos;t want to</title><url>https://www.androidpolice.com/the-pixel-3-deserves-longer-updates/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>CretinDesAlpes</author><text>This is why we need alternatives to Google and Apple phones&amp;#x2F;OS, here is a list I have written over the years althought it may not be entirely up to date or completely accurate:&lt;p&gt;* Phone hardware alternatives to mainstream brands&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  * Fairphone 4 [NL]
  * Librem 5 from Purism [US]
  * Pinephone from Pine64 [China]
  * FXTec [UK]
  * Volla [DE]
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
* Linux-based OS&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  * PostmarketOS - &amp;quot;postmarketOS extends Alpine Linux to run on smartphones and other mobile devices. [See compatible devices: https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wiki.postmarketos.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Devices]
  * Mobian
  * Manjaro ARM
  * Maemo Leste
  * Pure OS [US] (purism)
  * Sailfish OS [FI]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
* Others - mostly android-based alternatives&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  * Ubuntu Touch &amp;quot;Ubuntu Touch is not based on the &amp;quot;mainline&amp;quot; Linux kernel, but rather on the &amp;quot;downstream&amp;quot; (that is, highly patched) Android kernel that came with it originally, with an abstraction layer, halium, to adapt Android drivers and userspace to Linux systems. &amp;quot;
  * &amp;#x2F;e&amp;#x2F; foundation [FR]
  * Lineage OS
  * GrapheneOS
  * LuneOS
  * Nemo Mobile

  * CalyxOS
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
edit: updated according to comments</text></comment>
<story><title>Google could have updated the Pixel 3 until Android 13, it just didn&apos;t want to</title><url>https://www.androidpolice.com/the-pixel-3-deserves-longer-updates/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>shantara</author><text>Google has a support page that lists the planned obsolescence dates for all Pixep phones: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;pixelphone&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;4457705&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;pixelphone&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;4457705&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;My Pixel 3a is going to stop receiving security updates this May. It’s still a perfectly good phone despite the increasing slowdowns with every system or Play Service update.&lt;p&gt;I’ve learned my lesson and switched to iPhone as my next main phone, and relegated the Pixel to serve as a backup.</text></comment>