Brands compared: who supports devices longest?
Averaged across every currently-supported model we track for each brand, not just the one flagship a brand likes to talk about. Brands with fewer than a handful of tracked models are left off to avoid a single device skewing the average.
Phone brands, by total years of support
Average years from release to end of security updates, currently-supported models only.
| Brand | Avg. years of support | Models tracked |
|---|---|---|
| Fairphone | 7.5 yr | 4 |
| 6.2 yr | 18 | |
| Samsung | 5.6 yr | 82 |
| OnePlus | 5.5 yr | 11 |
| Sony | 4.4 yr | 5 |
| Motorola | 3.7 yr | 98 |
Chromebook brands, by remaining update runway
Chromebook makers don't publish release dates the way phone makers do, so total lifetime isn't computable. This instead measures average years of security updates still left, today, across every currently-supported Chromebook.
| Brand | Avg. years remaining | Models tracked |
|---|---|---|
| Centerm | 6.2 yr | 12 |
| Asus | 6.1 yr | 132 |
| Dell | 5.4 yr | 23 |
| Lenovo | 5.3 yr | 76 |
| CTL | 5.2 yr | 30 |
| Acer | 5.2 yr | 138 |
| AOpen | 5.0 yr | 11 |
| Multilaser | 4.7 yr | 16 |
| HP | 4.7 yr | 107 |
| Poin2 | 4.3 yr | 8 |
| Zyrex | 4.3 yr | 7 |
| Samsung | 4.1 yr | 9 |
| NEC | 4.0 yr | 7 |
| Positivo | 4.0 yr | 9 |
| Edxis | 3.7 yr | 9 |
| Prowise | 2.6 yr | 5 |