Qualcomm, Google Extend Android Support

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Qualcomm wants to bring longer Android support to more phones

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Qualcomm announced on Monday that “ up to eight consecutive years of software and security updates” will be available to Android phones running on future Snapdragon 8 and Snapdragon 7-series chips.

It’s up to phone makers to decide if they want to extend support on their devices, however.

Phones running older Snapdragon chips won’t be eligible for future support upgrades.

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