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Apple will provide a minimum of five years of iPhone security updates


Google and Samsung guarantee seven years of updates.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Apple has committed to providing a minimum of five years of iPhone security updates, as reported earlier by Android Authority. The law, which went into effect in April, compels companies to define the minimum length of time it will provide security updates for a product.

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