Android End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Android versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | — | Sep 23, 2008 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 1.1 | — | Feb 9, 2009 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 1.5 | — | Apr 27, 2009 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 1.6 | — | Sep 15, 2009 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 2.0 | — | Oct 26, 2009 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 2.1 | — | Jan 11, 2010 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 2.2 | — | May 20, 2010 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 2.3 | — | Dec 6, 2010 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 3.0 | — | Feb 22, 2011 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 | — | May 10, 2011 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | — | Jul 15, 2011 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | — | Oct 18, 2011 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | — | Jul 9, 2012 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | — | Nov 13, 2012 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 | — | Jul 24, 2013 | Not published | Past EOL | EOL |
| 4.4 | — | Oct 31, 2013 | Oct 1, 2017 | 3234 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.4W | — | Mar 31, 2014 | Oct 1, 2017 | 3234 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | — | Nov 12, 2014 | Mar 1, 2018 | 3083 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | — | Mar 1, 2015 | Mar 1, 2018 | 3083 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | — | Oct 5, 2015 | Aug 1, 2018 | 2930 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | — | Aug 22, 2016 | Oct 1, 2019 | 2504 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | — | Dec 1, 2016 | Oct 1, 2019 | 2504 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.0 | — | Aug 21, 2017 | Jan 1, 2021 | 2046 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8.1 | — | Dec 5, 2017 | Jan 10, 2021 | 2037 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | — | Aug 6, 2018 | Jan 1, 2022 | 1681 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | — | Sep 3, 2019 | Mar 6, 2023 | 1252 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 | — | Sep 8, 2020 | Feb 5, 2024 | 916 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | — | Oct 4, 2021 | Mar 3, 2025 | 524 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12.1 'Snow Cone v2' (aka 12L) | — | Mar 7, 2022 | Mar 3, 2025 | 524 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | — | Aug 15, 2022 | Mar 2, 2026 | 160 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | — | Oct 4, 2023 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 15 | — | Sep 3, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 16 | — | Jun 10, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 17 | — | Jun 16, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
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What does Android end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Android reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Android should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Your options when Android reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Commercial extended support | Not available for Android from the original maintainer | Third-party vendors patch some end-of-life software on a custom basis; availability depends on the specific version and source access |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
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