Fairphone 2 Open OS, any updates left?

[jolu]

Hello community,

does anyone have official information or an idea regarding fairphone’s plans to keep the FP 2 Open OS updated?

I am aware that focus now mainly lies on FP 3, but I suppose there still are a lot of FP 2’s out there working finely and requiring more frequent updates.

The last update came out half a year ago:

Fairphone Open 19.11.2
19.11.2/sibon-24df0be9
December 2019
Checkup, Hiccup

Thanks!

[AnotherElk]

@formerFP.Com.Manager, @lorahaspels:

@jolu

does anyone have official information or an idea regarding fairphone’s plans to keep the FP 2 Open OS updated?

A good question, as Google themselves stopped security updates for Android 7 since November 2019.

[obel1x]

No, take lineage its Android 10 already and works well

[jolu]

@AnotherElk

stopped security updates for Android 7 since November 2019.

That sounds quite bad

[AnotherElk]

@jolu

That sounds quite bad

It’s not as if there are no Android OSes for the Fairphone 2 which still get security updates.
LineageOS is Android 10 currently, /e/ is Android 9 currently (preparing Android 10) … Users who prioritise timely security updates are already running one of those, I guess.

And Fairphone themselves are on their way to bring Android 9 officially …

Building a breakthrough for Fairphone 2

Originally published at: https://www.fairphone.com/en/2020/06/18/fairphone-2-gets-android-9/ Software is the unsung hero of longer-lasting devices. Software updates slay bugs, shield you from viruses, and help protect you from the marauding hordes that want your personal data. To keep an old phone going, you want the most recent, most well-equipped operating system you can get. Our goal is for your Fairphone to last as long as possible, well beyond the current average of buying a new phone…

[YtvwlD]

A new version based on Android 9 seems to be in the works. (See this blogpost.)