On its third birthday, the original Surface Duo is no longer supported by Microsoft.
  • limerod@reddthat.comEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    According to the article, it launched with android 10. So, just android 11 and android 12L. Giving an android 13 update was the least they could’ve done, considering android 14 is around the corner. Oh, well. Do not buy products from companies that do not guarantee to provide one.

      • limerod@reddthat.comEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Exactly! We need companies like fairphone, which not only provide long software support but also years of warranty where the device can actually last.

  • gelberhut@lemdro.idEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Well… this is not cool. On the other hand, it was clearly an experimental product. Do not think people purchased it expected a mainstream like support.

    • cheery_coffee@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I loved my windows phone 7, it was the best phone OS I’ve ever had.

      I liked the UI, I liked the consistency and simplicity of the apps. I had Xbox music before Spotify really took off. The only problem was the trident based browser and Google specifically blocking all their apps and maps from it.

      Then Microsoft just dropped support for it… I held out on 7.5 for as long as I could, and then my charge port failed and I upgraded to the HTC One, which was also pretty good.

    • gelberhut@lemdro.idEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I can hardly find a company that supports their product and their backward compatibility longer than ms. Just recently read that wordpad had an alias “writer” (or similar) because this was its name before decades ago and there could be apps/scripts relying using this nsme.

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        There’s still some way of accessing a network settings menu unchanged from Windows 3, I remember Tom Scott did it

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    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.

    Microsoft hasn’t been working on new features or bug fixes for Surface Duo in months anyway, so it’s not like current Surface Duo users are going to be missing out on much outside of security patches.

    Plus, with support for third-party ROMs, enthusiasts can install a custom version of Android 13/14 on their devices.

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  • ryan@the.coolest.zone
    4·
    1 year ago

    I was really hoping for the Duo to succeed and be iterated upon. It fascinated me and seemed like it would be useful for taking notes at work, provided I ever RTO. Oh, well.