Recently, LG shuttered its cell division, reportedly, after failing to discover a purchaser. It introduced the exit from the smartphone market since its phone enterprise failed to show a revenue for years in a row. LG additionally mentioned that it goals to release an Android 12 replace for a handful of its telephones. Soon after, it introduced that each one its premium smartphones will obtain as much as three iterations of Android working system updates from the yr of buy. This signifies that LG will likely be updating a few of its smartphones to Android 13, which remains to be two generations away.
Now, G’s Korean website (via Android Authority) has introduced that these smartphones are eligible for Android 12 and Android 13 updates:
Smartphone | Android 12 | Android 13 |
---|---|---|
LG Wing | Yes | Yes |
LG Velvet | Yes | Yes |
LG Velvet LTE | Yes | Yes |
LG V50s | Yes | No |
LG V50 | Yes | No |
LG G8 | Yes | No |
LG Q31 | Yes | No |
LG Q52 | Yes | No |
LG Q92 | Yes | No |
Moreover, LG Germany has additionally revealed the Android 11 roadmap for a few of its units, which extends to the This fall of 2021. The following units are anticipated to obtain the Android 11 replace earlier than the tip of this yr.
Phone | Rollout | Status |
---|---|---|
LG Velvet 5G | Yes | Yes |
LG G8X | Yes | Yes |
LG Velvet LTE | Yes | Yes |
LG G8S | Yes | No |
LG Wing | Yes | No |
LG Ok52 | Yes | No |
LG Ok42 | Yes | No |
Moreover, LG V50, V50S, Q31, Q51, Q52, Q61, Q70, Q92, and Q9 One can even get up to date to Android 11, as per LG Korea’s website. While LG’s observe document for rolling out updates isn’t the most effective, it’s promising one thing that it by no means did when the phone division was in existence. Further, Android Authority notes how LG has a historical past of rolling out software program updates for some units in its house market of South Korea however not launching them in different areas. Hence, these aforementioned units would possibly or won’t get up to date to the model acknowledged by the corporate in your area.