Future Android version for the Fairphone 1 / 1U

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There seems to be hope for future updates after all:

Hope for future FP1 Android updates

I’ve been to the recent community borrel and I come back with great news. Whilst discussing Fairphone 2 and update policies for the new device, Bas told us that Fairphone is trying to change the update process. They are trying to get licenses from the platform provider to be able to create and ship future Android updates in house. There is already a team of software engineers at Fairphone that assesses what is necessary for such a step. Negotiations seem to be taking place already. There doesn…