Android 12 / Future Software Support

[S4t]

What's ASUS' plans regarding the software updates for the Zenfone 6?
Will it receive Android 12 or only security updates from now on?
Some brands have public schedules (eg: our phones receive X major Android updates and X years of total support), but I can't find anything for ASUS devices.

[Bhasky]

There is a condition * which specifies "only if the actual rollout timeline matches with plans of ASUS"
They are struggling to give stable update since 10 and if we look at the marketing strategies I don't think we gonna get further support.
It's better if they first give one stable update . Be it 9 10 or 11

[Aryan202]

Right now for Zenfone flagships Asus has a 2 android os upgrade policy and around 3yrs of security patches and bug fixes can confirm the latter myself (using an Zenfone 5z right now) my 5z is around 2.6yrs+ old now and is still getting OTAs every 2 months
Regarding android 12 for the Zenfone 6 I think it's rather unlikely as Asus doesn't have a 3 os upgrade policy yet not even for their 2020 phones so unless they commit to 3 os policy nothing can be said about this
Plus even if 2021's Asus phones have 3 os policy then if it'll extend to the Zenfone 6 is a different matter altogether
Android 11 may very well be zf6's last major os version but you guys still can ask for Zen ui 8 whenever that comes I guess

[S4t]

Any official position @Anders_ASUS ?

[skylerwolfe]

Averan

Right now for Zenfone flagships Asus has a 2 android os upgrade policy and around 3yrs of security patches and bug fixes can confirm the latter myself (using an Zenfone 5z right now) my 5z is around 2.6yrs+ old now and is still getting OTAs every 2 months

Regarding android 12 for the Zenfone 6 I think it's rather unlikely as Asus doesn't have a 3 os upgrade policy yet not even for their 2020 phones so unless they commit to 3 os policy nothing can be said about this

Plus even if 2021's Asus phones have 3 os policy then if it'll extend to the Zenfone 6 is a different matter altogether

Android 11 may very well be zf6's last major os version but you guys still can ask for Zen ui 8 whenever that comes I guess

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Nice to hear about the security updates for the 5. That's more than I would have expected. I would happily stay on A11 on the 6 for an extra year if it's getting security updates.