Google reaffirms commitment to require 2 years of guaranteed Android updates for Android One devices

Many would say that Google’s Android One program is an evolution of the company’s Google Play Edition series. Although, the Android One program in and of itself has also evolved over the years too. When it was first introduced, the idea was to give low-end budget phones a baseline to follow. This would allow them to not only offer a certain level of performance (thanks to a clean install of stock Android and minimum hardware requirements), but it would also allow them to get timely updates, which is something that the ultra-affordable Android smartphones have lacked.

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