According to new rumours, Sony could finally be moving away from the limited software support it provides to its Xperia smartphones. Allegedly, up to five years of updates could be coming to the Xperia 1 VI, Xperia 5 VI and Xperia 10 VI when they launch later this year.
It’s so bizarre.
Sony used to have the best software support outside of the Nexus phones (at least on their flagship devices, anyway), then, despite releasing fewer models, it went down to how it is today.
Now, granted, some of that is actually other OEMs picking up the slack as opposed to Sony actually doing worse, but Sony’s software support has definitely deteriorated.
Good to see they’re sorting it out. The Xperia phones I’ve had have all been very good. I used to develop a ROM for some Sony devices and they were extremely dev-friendly too, promptly releasing kernel sources and even putting full, bootable AOSP builds on their GitHub.