The European Commission (EC) has drafted new legislation that would require Android smartphone manufacturers to offer long-term support for their devices. Motivated by a desire to cut back on e-waste and shield consumers against predatory behavior, the proposal seeks to establish a minimum support term that will apply to all Android devices sold in the EU. Under the new rules, vendors would have to provide customers with three years’ worth of major feature updates and five years of security patches, practically doubling the lifespan of some cheaper smartphones.
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