iPhone and iPad
Apple publishes no future cutoff dates. What it does publish, every autumn, is which models the new iOS or iPadOS supports. Once your model drops off that list it is on its last major version, and typically gets two to three more years of security-only patches. That pattern is what the estimates here are built from, and why every Apple device on this site is marked “Estimated” rather than published.
Google Pixel
The best case: Google lists an exact end-of-support date on each Pixel’s specs page, under “software updates”. Pixel 8 and later get seven years. Pixel 6, 7 and Fold were extended to five years in December 2024.
Samsung Galaxy
Samsung publishes an update policy per device line and a live list of currently supported models. Flagships from the Galaxy S24 onward carry a seven-year commitment; older flagships got four to five, and budget A-series models get less.
Chromebooks
Every ChromeOS device has a published Auto Update Expiration date. It is fixed and does not move. Check Settings › About ChromeOS › Additional details, or Google’s AUE list. Models from 2021 onward generally get ten years.
Windows laptops
Windows itself is supported far longer than the machine. The real ceiling is the maker’s driver and firmware window. Look for “end of service life” on the model’s support page. Note that Windows 10 reached end of support in October 2025, so a machine that cannot run Windows 11 is already past its cutoff regardless of its hardware.
Amazon Fire tablets
Amazon guarantees at least four years of security updates from the date a model was last sold, not from release, so a tablet can outlast what its release year suggests. Amazon publishes a table of end dates per generation.
Policies get extended, and occasionally cut short. For anything time-sensitive, check with the manufacturer directly.
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