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Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates(www.theverge.com)

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Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.

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limerod@reddthat.comM
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I’m not sure what you mean by that. Chrome is already a system app on most android devices. Be it pixel, Samsung, oneplus, etc.

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System apps can be updated through Google Play (or any other channel) just fine. The version bundled with the system is just the baseline you can always revert to.

During a system update, the system apps only get updated if you don’t already have a newer or same version installed (no automatic downgrades).

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I already know what a system app is and how updates work for them. I was questioning what he meant by having Chrome as a system app and claiming years of OS updates. His comment did not make any sense.

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They were talking about old iOS getting a system update just to update WebKit/Safari which then generated quite a few news articles about how long Apple supports old phones. Their comment made perfect sense, they just didn’t know how Android works internally.

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