Android End of Life: Every Version's Support Status and EOL Date

Updated: July 2026  ·  Reference — all 34 Android versions  ·  Methodology on our accuracy page

Android 13 reached end of life on March 2, 2026 — it no longer receives security patches. The currently supported Android versions are Android 14, 15, 16, and 17: Google ships monthly security bulletins for roughly the four most recent releases. Everything older accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities with every monthly bulletin it misses.

Android's end of life works differently from most software, and the difference matters. There are really two clocks: the Android version clock (when Google stops including a release in its security bulletins — the dates in the table below) and the device clock (when your phone's manufacturer stops delivering those patches to your specific model). A phone can die before its Android version does — a 2019 handset stuck on Android 13 was cut off by its maker long before March 2026 — and knowing which clock ran out tells you whether a software update can save the device or not.

Android Version End-of-Life Table (every version)

Per-version detail pages with risk scores: endoflife.ai/android. Versions marked "legacy" predate systematic security-bulletin tracking; treat all of them as long-unsupported.

How long do devices get updates?

Version EOL is only half the answer — manufacturer device policies are the other half, and they vary enormously:

• Google Pixel: 7 years of OS and security updates for Pixel 8 (2023) and later; older Pixels got 3–5 years.
• Samsung Galaxy: up to 7 years on recent flagships, 4–5 years on most models since 2021, less on budget lines — model-by-model dates in our Samsung Galaxy EOL guide and device table.
• Most other manufacturers: typically 2–4 years of security updates — check your model, not the marketing page.

What actually happens when Android reaches end of life?

Nothing visible. The phone keeps working, apps keep launching — which is exactly why hundreds of millions of EOL Android devices stay in use. What changes: monthly security bulletins stop applying to your version, so every new vulnerability in the OS, the browser engine, or the media stack stays open. Banking apps and employers with mobile-device-management policies increasingly refuse EOL Android versions outright; Google Play system updates mitigate some component risk on newer EOL versions, but not kernel or firmware flaws.

If you're on an EOL version

1. Check for an OS update first (Settings → System → Software update) — many devices sit on old Android versions their hardware could upgrade past.
2. If the device can't go past Android 13: it's done receiving patches. For personal use, plan replacement and avoid banking on it in the meantime. For fleets, EOL devices belong on a replacement schedule with MDM enforcement.
3. Check any device in seconds with our EOL Checker, or track a whole estate via the API.

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