LG G6 - how long will it receive updates?

[Totalimus]

Hello, so I'm currently in the market looking for a new Android phone.

LG G6 has caught my eye since it's relatively cheap and fits my budget - 375 euros.

I was wondering for how long do these phones usually get OS updates? I've seen a video where a guy said that Android Oreo shall come to LG G6 in February and that LG G5 will not receive it at all even though it is only 1 year old! That's just absurd!

I'm not someone who changes phones every single year and would like to keep this one for about 3 years, therefore, knowing that I'll be rocking the same OS for three years seems unacceptable.

Is this the case for all their phones and maybe for other manufacturers as well? Are Google's phones really the only ones that receive support for multiple years since their release on Android?

[DocSwag]

There are a few others that support their phones for two years, such as HTC and I believe Samsung. But on time and 100% guaranteed is mainly just Google.

 

What you can always do though is flash a custom ROM.

[Orangeator]

The G6 will without a doubt in my mind receive OS updates for at least 2 more years. More likely 3 years.

[Guest]

I can't say what LG's support would be like but if you went the rom route, you should have community support for as long as a developer supports it (Usually at least 2-3 years or more for popular devices)

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

The G6 will without a doubt in my mind receive OS updates for at least 2 more years. More likely 3 years.

if it doesn't Bootloop also 2 is more realistic 

[MorganO]

2 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

The G6 will without a doubt in my mind receive OS updates for at least 2 more years. More likely 3 years.

doubt it, my g3 got 4.4.x then 5.0 that was it unless it's improved some more since then 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, tjcater said:

you should have community support for as long as a developer supports it

keep in mind ROM development for LG phones are not a popular thing to do, the galaxy s4( 2013 phone) has a bigger dev community.  

[Glennieboyyy007]

my poor lg lfino got his last update on 18-02-2016 and the phone got released on 19-09-2014 in my country, so a very budget minded phone got this much os update coverage

[Guest]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

keep in mind ROM development for LG phones are not a popular thing to do, the galaxy s4( 2013 phone) has a bigger dev community.  

Indeed, but I still think that even a flagship LG device could be supported for at least two years even if it falls short of the popular S4 with already 4 years of support.

[Totalimus]

2 minutes ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

my poor lg lfino got his last update on 18-02-2016 and the phone got released on 19-09-2014 in my country, so a very budget minded phone got this much os update coverage

That's quite good, I was just surprised that LG stopped the support for LG G5 (which I assume was a "big" release for them just like Galaxy S "X" is for samsung every year) so quickly.

[xSerpent]

On 12/09/2017 at 5:35 PM, Totalimus said:

Hello, so I'm currently in the market looking for a new Android phone.

LG G6 has caught my eye since it's relatively cheap and fits my budget - 375 euros.

I was wondering for how long do these phones usually get OS updates? I've seen a video where a guy said that Android Oreo shall come to LG G6 in February and that LG G5 will not receive it at all even though it is only 1 year old! That's just absurd!

I'm not someone who changes phones every single year and would like to keep this one for about 3 years, therefore, knowing that I'll be rocking the same OS for three years seems unacceptable.

Is this the case for all their phones and maybe for other manufacturers as well? Are Google's phones really the only ones that receive support for multiple years since their release on Android?

Hello, I'm going to tell you my experience with LG so you can decide on what you really want, I have not bought either the g6 or the g5, I had a g3 for the past 2,5 years and it broke down recently, what I can tell you about OS support is that LG does not give updates every year or so, when I bought it (1st Frebruary 2015) I received 5.0, 6.0 was annouced but I never saw it comming to the g3 I eventualy got 6.0 after the 2 year warranty, all I know is that half a year later it broke down and I don't know why, (I just came here to talk about the support of the phone) btw don't expect to get updates like on apple.

 

 

PS: I might get an S8 or P10 plus.

[Zodiark1593]

On 9/12/2017 at 9:56 AM, tjcater said:

Indeed, but I still think that even a flagship LG device could be supported for at least two years even if it falls short of the popular S4 with already 4 years of support.

The G2 had pretty strong support, though it was a fairly standout device for it's time as well.

[Rupe]

On 9/12/2017 at 5:49 PM, KOMTechAndGaming said:

doubt it, my g3 got 4.4.x then 5.0 that was it unless it's improved some more since then 

The G3 got 6.0 but its also down to the carrier if you receive it over the air,I personally had to do it manually using LGs tool on the computer

[dizmo]

2 years of support is considered good with Android. If you get the next version of Android, consider yourself lucky.

If you want the most updates, you have to get a Google phone.

Most other manufacturers take a lot longer to push out their updates, if they're even coming.

 

 

This should change in the future with the huge redesign of Oreo, but we'll have to wait and see.

On 9/12/2017 at 10:46 AM, Orangeator said:

The G6 will without a doubt in my mind receive OS updates for at least 2 more years. More likely 3 years.

Highly, highly unlikely to be 3. I'd even be surprised if it gets whatever comes after Oreo.