Android 12: Smartphones that will receive updates

Every year Google releases a new version of Android, and this year it will be Android 12. The question of smartphones getting new upgrades is on our minds every year, especially when it comes to the medium. This article lists the smartphones from major manufacturers that are expected to be updated this year.

Updated 01/19/2022: Updates included for Samsung and Oppo models.

Android 12 has been around for some time, but not all smartphones have been updated yet. In this article, you can check whether your model will get Android 12 and when the manufacturers plan to release the update.

Summary

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As always, Google will lead the way. So, as soon as Android 12 is finished, the update will be available on the appropriate Pixels. These models will be updated to Android 12:

Samsung

In recent times, Samsung has been particularly committed to innovation. The Koreans are certainly not the fastest to implement it, but they have recently announced that they want to offer more of their smartphones. updates for four years. The result is a wide range of devices that will have Android 12.

Delivery location:

Samsung is even giving its smartphone a four-year software update. The Galaxy S21 Ultra is of course one of / kwgeek

Xiaomi

The manufacturer has unmanageable flooding on smartphones so many devices can also expect an update. Overall the two major updates that Xiaomi has put in its lineup, smartphones can then get Android 12:

Test the stable version of Android 12 (Mi Pilot App)

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Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite

Redmi K40 Pro / Pro +

Smartphones that do not have access to updates

Mi 9 / Mi 9 SE / Mi 9 Lite
Mi 9T / Mi 9T Pro
My CC9 / CC9 Pro
Mi Note 10 / Mi Note 10 Pro
Redmi K20 / K20 Pro / Premium
Redmi Note 8 / 8T / 8 Pro
Redmi 9 / 9A / 9AT / 9i / 9C
Redmi 9 Prime
Poco C3
Poco M2

OPPO

Reno 4 is one of the models that can expect Android 12 / © kwgeek

The launch of ColorOS 12 will begin at the end of December 2021 according to Oppo, which has announced an update schedule until the second half of 2022.

Delivery location:

From the first half of 2022:

From the second half of 2022:

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Vivo, we are dealing with a company that has long been big in Asia, but not yet known in Europe. Models available to us so it is still recent and should all have access to Android 12 which is part of Vivo’s two-year update policy.

Honor

The status quo is very similar to Huawei’s. Although it has now seceded from Huawei and set ambitious goals for this year, Honor has yet to find a way to return to the Google world, even under the umbrella of “New Technology Company Shenzhen Zhixin”.

Newer models, such as the universal version of View 40, can once again rely on Android and Google services, but it remains to be seen how this improvement will affect older smartphones.

OnePlus

From OnePlus we have actually adopted a model update policy with immediate implementation. However, the introduction of the new smartphone series is a bit biased, because for models like the Nord N10 5G, the OnePlus only wants to bring one big update. N10 5G introduced on Android 10, this will already be the case for Android 11. So here are the models that should get Android 12.

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Lenovo / Motorola

Motorola is in the bad student rankings in terms of updates. They were once role models, but sadly they went from hero to zero under the Lenovo umbrella. It does not mean that smartphones will get two years of updates, Motorola users also have to wait a long time to receive the update. The company still has it has announced its Android 12 release schedule, starting in February:

Motorola Edge (2021)
Motorola Edge 5G UW
Motorola Edge Plus
Motorola Edge 20
Motorola Edge 20 Fusion
Motorola Edge 20 Lite
Motorola Edge 20 Pro
Motorola One 5G Ace
Motorola One 5G UW Ace
Motorola Moto G Power (2022)
Motorola Moto G Pure
Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G
Motorola Moto G30
Motorola Moto G31
Motorola Moto G40 Fusion
Motorola Moto G41
Motorola Moto G50 (4G / 5G)
Motorola Moto G51 5G
Motorola Moto G60
Motorola Moto G60s
Motorola Moto G71 5G
Motorola Moto G100
Motorola Moto G200 5G
Motorola Razr 2020
Motorola Razr 5G

realme

Realme will begin rolling out Android 12 Realme GT, which has already received a new beta OS, announcing an update schedule until mid-2022.

Until December 2021:

Until March 2022:

Until June 2022:

LG

April 2021, LG has announced the closure of its smartphones after 19 years. Along with that, we have also received a smartphone confirmation that will receive the Android 12. update. The information was posted on the official website of LG Korea.

In addition to the update list for Android 12, we also have confirmation of models that will receive Android 11 by the end of 2021, as well as those that will be updated to Android 13. LG phones that have been confirmed to receive the next Android version are as follows:

As you can see, the list also includes models that are not for sale.

HMD Global / Nokia

Nokia produces updates in a reliable way, but it also likes to take its time. We can imagine that the Android 12 update will eventually reach these models: