Methodology & data sources

Qevrulon answers one question: when does a device stop receiving software updates? Here is exactly where the answer comes from.

What "end of support" means here

We track the date after which a device no longer receives security updates from its manufacturer. Many devices stop getting OS feature upgrades earlier; where that date is known separately, we show it too. After the security end date, newly discovered vulnerabilities are no longer fixed.

Where the dates come from

• Manufacturer commitments — official update-policy pages and support documents (for example Samsung's security workscope pages, Google's Pixel support documentation, Fairphone's support commitments). Each device page links to its source.
• The open endoflife.date dataset — a community-maintained, MIT-licensed lifecycle database we build on, verify against and contribute to. It aggregates the official documents above.

UK PSTI statements

Since 29 April 2024, the UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) requires every maker of connected devices sold in Britain to state, model by model, how long it will provide security updates. The statement is public and legally binding. Oppo, realme and Apple publish one for each phone, tablet or watch they sell there.

When this statement and the marketing promise disagree, we show the date set by law. The realme 14 Pro 5G is a good example. It came out in January 2025, and realme's marketing promises four years of security patches, so until around 2029. Its PSTI statement covers it until 1 January 2031. The legal date is the one the manufacturer can be held to.

Apple writes no end date in its statements. It writes a minimum: at least 5 years from the day the model first went on sale in the UK. We show it as such ("at least until"), never as an end date, and it triggers no email alert. Many Apple devices have already passed those 5 years and still receive updates: the minimum is a floor, and Apple usually goes beyond it.

These statements are legally binding in the United Kingdom only. In practice, manufacturers run the same update schedule worldwide, so the date is a good guide everywhere, and each device page says when it comes from a PSTI statement.

Why some devices are missing

Google certifies over 15,000 Android device models, counting every regional variant and small brand. We only publish a device when a documented, sourced support commitment exists for it. A page without a real date would waste your time; we'd rather grow coverage brand by brand as official policies become available.

Status labels

• Supported — the end date is more than 12 months away.
• Ending soon — the end date falls within the next 12 months.
• Updates ended — the end date has passed, or the manufacturer has declared the device end-of-life.
• Guaranteed support: no end date, but a written minimum that has not yet been reached (Apple's PSTI statements, see above).
• Still supported: the written minimum has passed and the device still receives updates, with no end date announced.
• No date announced: the manufacturer publishes neither an end date nor a minimum for this device.

Accuracy

Dates are refreshed automatically every day from the sources above. Manufacturers sometimes extend support; when that happens, the pages here change with them. If you spot an error, email [email protected] and we'll verify it against the primary source.

Open data

The full dataset is available as JSON, free to reuse with attribution to Qevrulon and endoflife.date. Journalists and researchers: help yourselves.