Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are near the end of their minimum guarantee of full security support. It's not yet known when that will actually end. It's possible they'll be fully supported for another 6 months, but only a few devices like Pixel C have been supported that much longer.
We'll mark them as legacy devices once the full security support has ended and they're no longer receiving firmware updates or maintenance for the rest of the device support code in the OS. GrapheneOS will continue providing extended support releases for them until Android 13.
Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have been announced as having a minimum of 5 years of full security support. It's a major improvement over the 3 year guarantee.
Once 6th generation Pixels are properly launched and our developers have them, it'll likely take a few months to support them.
Once 6th generation Pixels are properly launched and our developers have them, it'll likely take a few months to support them.
Qualcomm has moved to providing a guarantee of 4 years of security support for their smartphone Snapdragon SoC from launch.
In order for a device to be considered for official GrapheneOS support, we'll be requiring at least 4 years of full security support rather than 3 years.
In order for a device to be considered for official GrapheneOS support, we'll be requiring at least 4 years of full security support rather than 3 years.
We also expect devices to provide at least comparable hardware security to the three year old Pixel 3 along with full support for using the hardware-based security features with an alternate OS. It currently disqualifies every non-Pixel phone but we hope that will change soon...
We're still working on finding hardware partners:
We're in touch with a few companies but most aren't in a position to produce a phone meeting the requirements in the near future. Making secure devices is a lot different than marketing devices as secure.
https://twitter.com/grapheneos/status/1356385317952102400
We're in touch with a few companies but most aren't in a position to produce a phone meeting the requirements in the near future. Making secure devices is a lot different than marketing devices as secure.
Qualcomm is providing a secure element in their flagship SoC products but it likely doesn't provide everything that's expected yet. It would be nice if it was as simple as licensing a flagship Qualcomm SoC, doing a decent job with other components and configuring it securely.
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