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Honor just scored a huge win against OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi

Honor is now guaranteeing seven years of Android OS updates on its phones — the same as Google and Samsung.

(Image credit: Apoorva Bhardwaj / Android Central)Honor wants the move to "inspire industry peers to replicate" a similar guarantee on their own devices, but I don't see that anytime soon. Just like with Google and Samsung devices, Honor's phones will last considerably longer than their rivals, and even if you don't use the Magic 7 Pro for anywhere close to seven years, the long-term update guarantee means it will retain its resell value much better, and that's a great thing. While I'm not keen on generative AI, I am absolutely in favor of an agentic model that can automate day-to-day tasks; that will be a big enough differentiator that if Honor actually manages to get it out the door before its rivals, it will be a sizable victory.

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