Answer Which phones stop getting updates in 2026 and 2027?
Of the 55 phones in the catalogue, 36 have a security end date on file. 2 phones reach it in 2026 and 2 phones in 2027; for 2 of them the date has already passed. 19 have no date on file, 14 of them iPhones: Apple publishes no end date for any iPhone, so none is given here, and Apple’s own history starts the range for one of them in or before 2027 — an inference, not a date, set out separately below.
Published Dates read to Checked against
Security updates end in 20262
This year. A phone marked “ended” is past its date; the others end before 2027. The date is the maker’s published window as recorded by the source linked; the basis column says whether it is a commitment.
| Phone | Security updates until | Status | Basis | Source | Per-model page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Galaxy S21 | Ended | Maker commitment, via endoflife.date | endoflife.date — Samsung mobile, retrieved 2026-09-06 | When does the Galaxy S21 stop getting updates? | |
| Google Pixel 6 | Ended | Maker commitment, via endoflife.date | endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20 | When does the Pixel 6 stop getting updates? |
Security updates end in 20272
Earliest first. The date is the maker’s published window as recorded by the source linked; the basis column says whether it is a commitment.
| Phone | Security updates until | Status | Basis | Source | Per-model page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Galaxy S22 | Ends | Maker commitment, via endoflife.date | endoflife.date — Samsung mobile, retrieved 2026-09-06 | When does the Galaxy S22 stop getting updates? | |
| Google Pixel 7 | Ends | Maker commitment, via endoflife.date | endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20 | When does the Pixel 7 stop getting updates? |
iPhones: no date, only a pattern1
Apple publishes no end-of-support date for any iPhone, so no iPhone is in the tables above. What it has done is on record: across the 11 retired iPhones released since 2015, the last new iOS arrived 5 to 6 years after release and the last security update so far 2 to 5 years after that.endoflife.date — iPhone; Apple security releases, retrieved 2026-09-22
| iPhone | Released | Last security update, if Apple repeats its pattern | Basis | Per-model page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPhone 12 | 2020-10-23 | between 2027 and 2031 | Our inference from history, not a commitment | When does the iPhone 12 stop getting updates? |
A range read from past behaviour is not a date. Apple can shorten or extend it without notice, and the earliest year is where the range starts, not a prediction.
No date published19
No security end date on file, so none is stated. Apple publishes none for any iPhone; for the 5 others, the maker’s pages this site reads print none. Each per-model page says what is known.
Every phone’s dates
The date on file for all 55 phones, by maker, is at When does each phone stop getting updates?; the iPhone argument in full is at When does my iPhone stop getting updates? A phone past its security date still works; it stops being patched.