Five years of smartphone updates is becoming the new baseline. Here’s why software support now matters more than specs or features.

India is weighing new cybersecurity rules that would require smartphone makers to grant the government access to source code ...

When LG left the smartphone industry in 2021, the company laid out a three-year plan to continue supporting customers with new updates for eligible phone models. While that support has continued for a ...

If you unwrapped a new smartphone during the holidays, one of the first things you should do is make sure its software is up ...

Google publishes a monthly Android Security Bulletin that publicly lays out what it has fixed in the latest Android update.

There was once a time when LG was among the major smartphone manufacturers. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case for a while now: LG gave up on the phone business in April 2021, reducing the ...

Software support is important, especially when you spend a fortune on a new smartphone and plan on holding on to it for a long time. Google’s Pixel lineup is currently among the best on the market in ...

Qualcomm and Google, through their latest partnership, have announced an expansion of software support for select Android smartphones, extending updates to eight years. This move, which applies to ...

If you have an old LG phone, you'll need to update it soon -- LG stopped creating new smartphones in 2021 and is shutting down its update servers on June 30. Tyler is a writer under CNET's home energy ...