ijeff ( ijeff@lemdro.id ) M to Google Pixel@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 years agoGoogle could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updateswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up126cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up126external-linkGoogle could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updateswww.androidpolice.comijeff ( ijeff@lemdro.id ) M to Google Pixel@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square6linkfedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-squareCypress35z ( Cypress35z@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 years agoIsn’t that nice for the Pixel8. I wonder what’s holding them back do the same for older models with their chip. Like the Pixel6
minus-squareTheMadnessKing ( TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoI remember reading an article few days ago about this. The gist is: Google was not confident with Tensor 1 & 2 chips and didn’t want to burden itself with a hardware that was going to be difficult to support. Previous iterations of Pixel had Qualcomm chips, and QC doesn’t support its chip for that long.
Isn’t that nice for the Pixel8. I wonder what’s holding them back do the same for older models with their chip. Like the Pixel6
I remember reading an article few days ago about this. The gist is: