Google finally puts phones running 10-year-old Android out of their misery

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Given that Android phones have been around for nearly two decades now, there comes a time when Google has to end support for one of its older software versions. 0 Marshmallow or newer. That has changed over the past few weeks, with Google deciding to retire this software version after a nearly 11-year run.

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