Next June 30, LG will close the servers of your Android updates; As a consequence, LG brand smartphones may no longer be updated, and will remain in the software and system version they have. The company has warned users of the consequences that this will have for its devices.
More have passed four years since LG announced its march of the Android mobile market; In perspective, perhaps one of the worst news in the history of the sector. The AMES or Odies, it is undeniable that LG contributed something different and dared to experiment, as demonstrated by its roller mobile prototype that was very close to being released to the public. But at a time of high competitiveness and increasingly high prices, LG felt it was time to go through the back door.
It was then that a countdown began for LG users. To start, brand mobiles were going to stop receiving new versions of the system, staying on Android 13 at most; In addition, LG promised to keep the Safety updates support for 3 years After the launch of each device. That term is over, and now the real end of the brand comes.
LG has announced that On June 30, Android updates servers will close. That means that, as of that date, their smartphones will not be able to again download ota updates of any kind. Therefore, the company has recommended users to download the updates of their devices before that date, if they have not yet done so.
If we have an LG smartphone, it is advisable to update it as soon as possibleeven if we are not using it as a primary mobile; Security updates can contain patches to solve serious problems that can endanger our safety, even if we are not using the device in a regular basis.
At this point, there are unlikely that there are many users who still use a LG mobile, but there are; There may also be people who use an LG device as a secondary mobile, and in that case, this notice is important. In addition to ending the updates of its mobiles, LG has also announced the end of LG Bridgeits Windows program that allowed backup copies of the content of its mobiles, in addition to restoring them. This app also allowed to install security updates, downloading them first to the computer, and that is why it is also affected by changes in LG servers.
Although in recent years rumors have jumped that LG could return to the smartphones market, this movement indicates that There is no similar intention in the company; Therefore, the South Korean manufacturer of reference will continue to be Samsung.
