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Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MargotRobbie@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/445850

Microsoft is done supporting the original Surface Duo, three years after it first launched on September 10. The company has stated from the very start that the Surface Duo would receive just three years of OS updates, meaning today is the last day that Microsoft has to stay true to its word.

Going forward, Microsoft will no longer ship new OS updates or security patches for the original Surface Duo, meaning Android 12L is the last version of the OS it will ever officially receive. Surface Duo only ever got two major OS updates, one shy of the average three that most high-end flagship Android devices get these days.

Like I said before, I will never stop making fun of the Juicero of Android phones.

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[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, you caught it already, but I was gonna say, however good Microsoft has been about this before is irrelevant, because going forward their intentions are very clear with how little they care for backwards compatibility. The fact we have, what, 2 more years of Windows 10 support when most people still use it and can't update to 11 tells you all you need to know.

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Windows 11 can still run programs made for old versions of Windows. I think it can still run Win32 programs as well.

Office products can open documents in old formats.

So yeah, they care about backwards compatibility. On the hardware front, I agree with you.