LG G3, G4, G4 Stylus and Stylo will no longer receive monthly security updates

2. L0n3n1nja (Posts: 1139; Member since: 12 Jul 2016)

G4 didn't even get 3 years of security updates, kind of sad.

3. AgentZero (Posts: 311; Member since: 16 Aug 2014)

this is why many people buy apple products and this is the main reason why im switching ... until android OEMs become more consistent and reliable when it comes to software and updates don't expect the smartphone business to change

4. emvxl (Posts: 106; Member since: 29 Sep 2009)

Agree with your statement. And yes, I'm switching to the other side as well.

5. domfonusr (Posts: 793; Member since: 17 Jan 2014)

We're just going back to the old days of smartphones, when a phone would get one or two, maybe three firmware updates, and then just stay the same ever after. This reminds me of the days of Symbian. My Nokia E75 was, in 2010, one year old, but it was still a nice semi-flagship phone when it was introduced in 2009, and once I bought mine, it only ever got two or three firmware updates before it was done getting updates, and they were minor things, like adding the OVI store, and introducing the chat icons to the active standby screen. Things like upgrading to the newest OS were unheard of back then. You could not take a Series 60 2nd Edition handset and update it to S60 3rd Edition, or take an S60 3rd Edition handset and upgrade it to S60 5th Edition... it was impossible!

Either A) people will remember what smartphones used to be like, and will accept the lack of updates as long as the price is reasonable, or B) the OEM's that don't update their phones regularly will go out of business. In the current state of affairs, I hate to say it, but Apple has a distinct advantage if they can keep updating all of their devices for the standard five-year period consistently.

6. sleepypandaeyes (Posts: 181; Member since: 12 Apr 2015)

Depends on the company. My s6 edge plus received its August security update beginning of this month. Unless you mean OS update then I've received the usual two major updates for s6 edge and a5 2016.

8. xperian (Posts: 407; Member since: 10 Apr 2014)

That's android support for you

11. mayur007 (Posts: 582; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)

What when lg started giving monthly updates?
In 2yrs. I have received Total 3 updates total 2 minor 1 major.
Lg is a joke in soft departmnt

13. lodore (Posts: 1; Member since: 29 Sep 2017)

Can LG do anything more to stop people from buying devices from them?
My LG G4 stopped working due to them not attaching the cpu to the motherboard properly which caused a class action lawsuit due to bad design.
my Lg G4 hasn't had a security patch for over a year even thou until today it said it was supported and they manage to get away with it by saying some carriers and regions may not get the patch. I haven't even got Nougat yet on my H815.

15. abhinav.snsahu (Posts: 22; Member since: 08 Dec 2015)

Google should focus more in making more Android One device.
Through this they can insure availability of more secure Android device in the market

18. AceNJ (Posts: 23; Member since: 29 Sep 2015)

wow i'm pretty annoyed at this. i've only had the lg g4 for 2 years now and i like it but this is going to make me try out an iphone instead which typically gets 4-5 years of updates.

19. CAVBR (Posts: 126; Member since: 21 Feb 2016)

LG is a joke when it comes to software updates and updates from Android.
The K series is totally neglected. Even the K10 is not saved.
And there are branches of it that are even more incompetent, as is the case in Brazil.