Fairphone has confirmed that it will not upgrade the Fairphone 4 to Android 14, as was previously announced. Instead, the company is now set to skip one full major OS version and directly upgrade to Android 15 on some later date.
The company announced the changes in the plan via a community forum post. Apparently, resource limitations and internal capacity are the main reasons behind the decision.
Fairphone says it had assessed the development workload required for Android 14 and decided that it would make the most effective use of its time and staff resources by focusing efforts on Android 15 instead.
The previous OS upgrade that the Fairphone 4 has is on Android 13 back in 2023. While Android 14 was initially bound to release in the first half of 2025, there is no chance now.
We have no confirmed date
That change means that the users waiting for more incremental Android update versions will have to get along with Android 13 until the company completes the development and testing process for Android 15.
Fairphone hasn’t committed to stepping out with Android 15 on a firm date.
The most recent Fairphone 5 which is still available on sale in a few markets for €499, also has not received Android 15 update as of yet. And the company hasn’t clarified whether both devices will get it at the same time.
Despite those major update delays, the Fairphone 4 still pumps out bi-monthly security updates. The official support for the device will run out in 2026; the company is considering extending it for another two years. That would still keep the brand’s wider brand goal of promoting longevity and reducing electronic waste on some kind of track, even if the brand is hitting some practical limitations with their relatively small software development scale.
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