Google has already officially introduced the new Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The new flagships of the Android ecosystem come loaded with new features, including the new Tensor G4 processor and many artificial intelligence. However, this time the new Pixels do not come with the new version of Android.

Actually, Pixel 9 mobile phone family comes with Android 14because the new Android 15 is not available yet. This makes us wonder, how many Android updates will the new Pixel 9 receive? The answer is: More than we imagined.

Google Pixel 9 to get 7 years of OS updates

When Google introduced the Pixel 8 in October 2023, the company announced that Pixel phones would receive 7 years of updates from now on. Considering that the Pixel 8 was released with Android 14, this means that this generation will be updated to Android 21 in 2030.

So what about the Pixel 9 that comes with Android 14? This could obviously cause confusion among users, but Google has already clarified the doubt on its official support page: the new Pixels will not receive seven Android updates, but seven years of updates, including the Android 15 update that should reach the Pixel 9 between September and October.

In general, OS updates look like this for the last two generations of Google Pixel:

• Pixel 9 Family: Android updates until at least August 2031and security updates until at least August 2031
• Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro: Android updates until at least October 2030 and security updates until at least October 2030
• Pixel 8a: Android updates until at least May 2031 and security updates until at least May 2031

That’s why Pixel 9 Updated to Android version 22 in 2031That version is due for end of support in August of that year, as long as it’s still available. Since the Pixel 9 ships with Android 14, that means this generation will actually get eight Android updates instead of seven, thus exceeding the number of OS versions the Pixel 8 will get.

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