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which 13 phones from Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO stop receiving updates

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We are going to tell you the Xiaomi mobiles that They will stop receiving updates in 2026. This marks the end of support for the devices, which will neither have new versions of Android nor security updates. You will still be able to use them, but they will no longer be as safe. Therefore, we are going to give you the mobile list for support purposes, so that if your mobile appears in it know that its useful life in terms of software is over. Xiaomi will consider them as dead. And then, it will depend on you whether you continue using them or not. These are devices that reached the market between 2022 and 2023. Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO phones without support in 2026 Below, we leave you the list of Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices that will stop receiving updates. Remember that this It does not mean that the mobile stops workingbut you will no longer receive new features and security improvements against upcoming viruses and malware. These are the devices and the date your support ends in 2026: Xiaomi 12 – Support ends in the first quarter of 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 3 and Android 15) Xiaomi 12 Pro – Support ends in the first quarter of 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 3 and Android 15) Xiaomi 12X – Support ends in March 2026 Xiaomi 12 Lite – Support ends in March 2026 Xiaomi 12T – Support ends in October 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) Xiaomi 12T Pro – Support ends in October 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 3 and Android 15) Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G – Support ends in October 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G – Support ends in October 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) Redmi Note 12 5G – Support ends in March 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) Redmi Note 12 4G – Support ends in April 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) LITTLE F5 5G – Support ends in May 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) POCO X5 5G – Support ends in the first quarter of 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) POCO X5 Pro 5G – Support ends in the first quarter of 2026 (it will stay on HyperOS 2 and Android 15) Cover image | Ivan Linares In Xataka Basics | HyperOS 3 on Xiaomi phones: these are the 13 models that are already updated, and the other nine from Redmi and POCO that will update later

A patch updates the debate on difficult games

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The high difficulty of ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong‘One of the issues that to those of the players has once again put in the arena: The very high difficulty. Is it necessary? Should titles such as SOULIKE or this same ‘Silksong’ your demands to be more accessible, or if it is a design decision, the right thing is that they remain as its creators have decided? In any case, Team Cherry has heard the complaints of the players and will be predicted to the desperate difficulty of its successful Metroidvania. Difficult that you spend. Many players, even experienced adventurers who were already tanned from the original and quite demanding ‘Hollow Knight’ have noticed that ‘Silksong‘proposes a considerably higher challenge: from fighting (already overcome the first Boss final It is a challenge that has given to speak) to the platform mechanics, through more lethal enemies, a more complex combat system and, above all, a structure that does not forgive failures and that can force the painful player to repeat paths that he has already traveled. But why. It is no longer that enemies do more damage with their blows or have more resistance to the player’s envies. It is rather that ‘Silksong’ demands to be very cautious since the same start of the game, where they are already on the advanced mechanical table of the genre Metroidvaniaand above all, that there is a combat design that hinders things. As Polygon saidfor example, the protagonist hits down diagonally, which makes it more difficult to control her blows in this direction. It is not a matter of skill: we have to relear mechanics that we take for grasses in the genre. Team Cherry recognizes it. However, the creators of the game recognize that The game could be more balancedespecially at the first levels. Therefore Team Cherry announces that will launch an update of the game that will arrive in the mid -week and that will adjust the difficulty of the start. Of course, the game is not going to become a walk, something that would make him lose his personality, but the Australians pretend that no one despairs in those first measures. The players will see the rewards of rosaries and reduced the damage inflicted by some enemies. Difficulty and damage to the Moorwing and Sister Splinter (a key enemy, since it provides the ability to jump bouncing on the wall, essential to advance) will also be moderated. PC users already have the patch available in Steam and GOG. If you like to suffer. Do not worry if you have masochistic trends: Silksong includes a secret mode, ‘Steel of steel‘, which is played to the highest level of difficulty and with permanent death. This mode is unlocked at the end of the game, but the wasp community has discovered a combination of buttons (legendary and easy to guess, everything must be said) that allows you to activate it from the beginning, offering an extreme challenge for the most skilled. Neither patch nor parcha. The eternal debate. He debate about high difficulty in video games It is recurring: on the one hand, there are those who defend the unique difficulty that the creator sets so that the game is a challenge, looking for the satisfaction that generates overcoming difficult obstacles. On the other hand, there are accessibility apologettes that demand adjustable modes for all audiences to enjoy the game, regardless of their level of skill. This debate also involves how difficulty peaks affect the experience: some players consider them a bad design that frustrates, while others look for these peaks as treasures that create memorable challenges. In Xataka | This game dared to go on sale the same day as ‘Silksong’. All he got was attracting 12 players in his debut

Android does not have to be an absolute disaster in updates. Samsung has had to demonstrate it

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Just a month ago Google updated its last pixel to the latest stable version of Android, 16. Today, in its presentation event of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7, Galaxy Z Flip7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 Fe, the company has presumed something unusual: the three have the latest version of Android. It is the two very clear points test in 2025. Android 16. That a manufacturer throws a phone with the latest version of Android just a month of its launch is very strange. Manufacturers usually take months and months to refine the ROM to the latest version, especially in cases such as Samsung, with a heavy customization layer. Laning three phones to the market with Android 16, when the Pixel are starting their journey with this version is a clear message: Samsung wants to be the first, and not only in speed. The seven years of updates. Samsung was the first to achieve something unusual: to advance Google in update policy. The manufacturer offers seven years of system updates and another seven years of security patches. Only Google (who arrived after Samsung) and Honor, who has joined the car, manage to offer their customers these figures on their best phones. Seven years of support are major words. It is not just the proof that Android phones They can update during the same time as an iPhoneIt is a trusted proof for the brand with respect to its own product. Leader in AI. Samsung has a Google partner to enhance his suite of artificial intelligence functions and, curiously, his Galaxy AI It is the most complete the AI ​​ecosystem in the mobile market. Above Google’s own proposal in his Pixel and far ahead of what rivals like Apple are doing. Samsung did not want to implement Gemini Nano To make the minimum effort: it has integrated its functions with the native apps of One UI, to the point where they are practically indistinguishable from any usual adjustment. Just press the AI ​​button to take a step further apps such as: Gallery Phone Circle to Search (compatible with S-PEN) Voice recorder Translator GENERATION OF WINDERS Third -party apps, such as WhatsApp and keyboard translation The lessons. For years, Touchwiz was the ugly duckling of the Roms on Android. Worked slow (there was lag) I was very overloaded with functions At the aesthetic level it was … debatable Today, it has one of the most refined ROMs at the interface level, it is able to manage all its native functions and apps without slowing down (even in mid -range and entrance mobiles) and is marking a path as a reference in updates and Ia. Image | Samsung In Xataka | The mobile the AI ​​promises, but I only see repeated tricks. The real ace under the sleeve is called “agent” and comes on the way

The five years of updates are just the beginning

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The European smartphone faces One of the greatest regulatory changes in its history. One that affects both the way they will have to start producing it and the future of their life cycle. As of June of this year, it will be more durable by law. But there is a B face in this regulatory change. Why the changes. The European Union has published The new mandatory energy labeling and design requirements as of June 20, 2025. The regulations are aimed at prolonging the useful life of this type of product, both in repair and software support and durability of batteries. The commission makes it clear: it wants less phones to be sold, and increase their shelf life through two key points. The ecological design. Manufacturers will have to guarantee minimums in the manufacture of their smartphones. Batteries must endure at least 800 load cycles and download retaining at least 80% of its original capacity. Will be obliged to make consumers available to consumers Criticism spare parts within 5 to 10 working days, for at least 7 years after the end of product sales in the EU. Access will be non -discriminatory for any professional repaire. Must ensure availability of Operating system updates For at least five years. The new label. In order for consumers to be clear about what each smartphone offers in durability, the Commercial labeling In the box of this product category. In itwill be valued from A to G (being the maximum score and g the minimum) how each of the following criteria meets. QR code that leads to the official website of the manufacturer with detailed information about the product. Commercial brand with which the device is identified. Specific name or identifier of the model in question. Energy Efficiency Scale, where A represents the best performance and G the worst. Letter indicating the concrete level of energy efficiency obtained by the device. Battery autonomy time by full load, expressed in hours and minutes. Evaluation of fall resistance, classified from the A (more resistant) to E (less resistant). Repair score, also based on a scale from A to E. Number of load cycles that the battery can support before reducing to 80 % of its initial capacity. Degree of protection against water, dust or immersion, according to the corresponding IP standard. Official number of the applicable regulation: Regulation (EU) 2023/1669. Tablets and exceptions. The changes posed by the EU will apply to all smartphones and tablets. No categories per range or price are established: the regulations will affect from the most economical mobile in the market to the best Flagship. Fixed wireless phones will also be included, which have a cargo station. There are two curious exceptions that are fought from the requirements: Folding mobiles with roller screen and the Computer Tablets (Tablets-PC, convertibles of more than 17.4 inches). Traditional folding are not saved from the new regulations, but those who have a screen that are enrolle. The small print. The changes raised by Europe, of a first glance, seem to play in favor of the consumer. The reality is that they are much more complex than the labeling hides. First, software support is an important expense for manufacturers. Although the current tonic is that it goes more, with cases such as Samsung, Google and manufacturers as honor offering between six and seven years of updatesthese update policies usually cover the most popular devices. The entrance ranges are the devices that offer the least margin to manufacturers, and prolong the support of a low -cost device that stopped being marketed years ago will involve extra costs. Extra costs that, depending on the commercial success of the device, They will be more or less assumable by the manufacturer himself. No one talked about versions. Europe will force manufacturers to update their devices for five years, but it is not detailed that it is strictly necessary to update the Android version. A two -year version support and three system updates is one of the most probable scenarios after the application is these new measures. It is also the most plausible solution to a problem related to the hardware of the input range devices: not all support five years of operating system versions maintaining decent performance. Image | Xataka, KDG2020 In Xataka | The EU opens the iPhone by force: the European model will never be the same again

With 256 GB, good camera and six years of guaranteed updates

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The Google Pixel have become one of the most successful mobiles for some time, especially among those who decide on the high range. If you are thinking about renew your old terminal, today, the Google Pixel 9 It is a good purchase option. Now, you can take it, in its 256 GB version reduced on Amazon, by 693.39 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review A mobile with an outstanding camera Launched last year, the Google Pixel 9 It is still, today, a good mobile to consider. Your screen is type Super acts Oledwith a diagonal of 6.3 inches and resolution of 2,424 x 1,080 pixels. It reaches a maximum brightness of 2,700 nits and its refreshment rate is 120 Hz. Monta the processor Google Tensioner G4 and works under the operating system Android 14. Although it guarantees updates for seven years, being a terminal last year, right now you have six years of fully guaranteed updates. The offer model has a 12 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage, a space more than plenty for the vast majority of users. Another identity of this Google terminal is its photographic system, formed by a Double 50+48 MP rear camera. Its battery admits fast charge to 45 w and comes with NFC, Bluetooth 5.3 and Wifi 7. You may also interest these accessories to protect this Google mobile Jetech founded for Google Pixel 9/9 pro 2024 * Some price may have changed from the last review Geemee 2+2 pieces screen protector for google pixel 9 and camera lens protector * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Pepu Ricca (Xataka Android) and Google In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best price quality price. Your analysis and videos are here

This is the Google Pixel that would buy me right now. Your software will receive many updates and have a very good camera

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Mediamarkt has launched a new renewal campaign where we can find very good offers. And although we can find some offers in certain Google mobiles, for the price it has right now I would keep the Google Pixel 9. Mediamarkt (and other stores) has dropped its price to 699 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review It is one of the best mobiles that were launched in 2024 He Google Pixel 9 It is one of the best mobiles that were launched last year, today is still a terminal that may interest us a lot, especially considering that we usually find it on offer. It is quite complete, but stands out above all in its multimedia section. In this sense, riding a screen Super acts OLED of 6.3 inchesoffers a resolution of 2,424 x 1,080 pixels and also a 120 Hz soda rate. To this we must add that it is compatible with the format HDR10+ and which offers a maximum brightness of 2,700 nits. On the other hand, the mobile will continue to receive Android updates For many years (seven since its launch), it comes with the Google Tensioner G4 processor and its 4,700 mAh battery supports fast charge of 45W, 18W wireless load and inverse wireless load. In addition, its photographic section is also remarkable, and it comes in this case with a 50 MP main sensor and a large angle of 48 MP. You may also be interested in these accessories Google Pixel 9 & Pixel 9 Pro Fonda- Durable Protection – Spots resistant silicone – Android – Obsidian phone case * Some price may have changed from the last review New’c 3 pieces, screen screen for google pixel 9, pixel 9 pro, tempered crystal antiarañazos, antihuellas, without bubbles, hardness 9h, 0.33 mm ultra transparent, ultra resistant * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Pepu ricca In Xataka Android, Google In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best price quality price (2025). Your analysis and videos are here

carry the battle of updates to the extreme

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There is a new obsession by the main Android manufacturers: that of Offer how many years of support are possible. Until not too ago, most were conf formed with just two years of updatessomething simply unthinkable in the most current popular mobiles. In the last two years we have seen a magical number: The seven years of updates. A figure that, a priori, seems almost magical, and that raises life time (as long as the updates do not do more damage than well) exponentially. The problem? The same one we have been dragging since Android is Android. A clear obsession. Seven years of updates. Samsung was the first to open the ban, offering more support than Google itself. In response, the Google Pixel also had a seven -year supportboth system updates and security patches. It is a record for the operating system, propitiated largely due to the improvements in support that manufacturers such as Qualcomm. His latest processors allow up to eight years. The question is whether this makes sense. Birds in the air. Promise years and years of updates is fine. But there is only one manufacturer updating At a good pace: Google. Samsung has just announced the update to Android 15 for some of its high -end devices. The point here is that this version has been available since October. We have normalized that updating fast is updating half a year after Google present stable version, and another half of the next version of the operating system, Android 16. A loop that feeds the endemic evil of Android: the fragmentation. Seven percent. Only 7% of the devices worldwide are updated to Android 15. Or, in other words, 93% of Android devices are outdated. Fragmentation is inevitable in this operating system (With more than 70% global adoption), Given the vast diversity of devices in use. But 7% remain a very low fact of adoption. It doesn’t matter too much. A few years ago, updating the system version was to change design language almost in full every few years and access a remarkable number of news. From a time to this part, operating systems focus on stability and efficiency rather than offering draft news. The main change, AI, comes from the hand of models such as Gemini Nano, implementable without changing operating system version. Regarding the security of use, with being updated to the last patches and not having a too old version, it is more than enough. Manufacturers against. Android has moved away from the two years of updates and an acceptable minimum begins from four or five years. On breaking these barriers to approach the ten years of updates there are manufacturers with clear posture. Interviewing Daniel Desjarlais, product manager at Xiaomi, the response to why the brand offered no more support the response was clear: the average consumer’s life cycle is not seven years, it is three. Similar posture Share OnePluswhose posture about the mobile and the sandwich made talk. “Imagine that your phone is a sandwich. Some manufacturers are now saying that the filling of your sandwich, the software of your phone, will remain good to eat in seven years. But what they are not telling you is that the bread in the sandwich, the user’s experience, could be moldy after four years. Suddenly, a seven -year software update policy does not matter, because the rest of your experience is terrible.” Summarizing: manufacturers are at war with operating system updates. A war in which only Google is managing to fulfill deadlines, and in which it doubts how an Android will behave seven years later stalks the most skeptical manufacturers. Image | Xataka In Xataka | How to know how many Android updates you will receive your mobile with this website

Industry obsession with annual updates

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One year cycles. The manufacturers are obsessed with this. In Xataka we have already stated that, as they are stopping innovating the phones and how their life cycle increases, Maybe it’s time to consider biannual update cycles. It is something applicable to the software in which, year after year, we do not stop seeing how the new version is a tracing of the same With some minor changes. It is curious how Google, one of the precursors of this fever for annual updates, has another philosophy with one of its star products: Chromecast with Google TV. From Android 12 … to Android 14. If you have a chromecast with Google TV, go to the system settings, you have a gift. Android TV par excellence has just been updated to Android 14 in the UTTC version. 241218.004, with a total weight of 809 MB. The key is that Chromecast was not working with Android 13I was doing it with Android 12. And Google has accustomed us to version jumps other than those we usually see on mobile phones. The last time this device received a change of version was In October 2022. And nothing happens. Chromecast with Google TV executes some Android common applications: all those related to multimedia. Nexflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, Apple TV … It is also able to run games that we find in mobile phones, already throughout these years it has proven not to be an insecure device. Chromecast receive security patches and their applications are updated quite frequently, proof that it is not strictly necessary to change every version years. The commercial strategy. Although the biannual version updates may sound sweet, the truth is that for manufacturers it makes a lot of sense to continue launching versions every year. The update cycle, in addition to being a way of loyalty to the user with a device that is constantly receiving improvements, is an incentive to generate demand for new devices. Some specific improvements, as in the case of Apple, only apply to the latest models and, with even more capable and updated software than that of the previous versions. This annual update cycle also allows us to make some pressure on the competition, an obsession that ends up marking the rhythm of evolution of the industry. In the case of the Chromecast, the competition is minimal, and Google can afford the license to space the cycle to the extreme. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The eight years of updates are already possible on Android. That will happen is something very different

The seven years of Android updates begin (finally) to be a standard

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The problem with Android updates is an endemic evil that has been affecting this operating system since its inception. Without being solved, there are brands that gradually remedy. And the last to join is honor: the manufacturer raises the bar to the seven guaranteed years of key Android updates. The first to receive them will be the Magic7 Pro Honor. It is not that Android evolves in excess year after year, most of the changes focus on security, privacy and communication improvements between hardware, software and user. Although yes, although it does not change in excess, there is no doubt that we all want our phones to be updated. The longer the better, especially when the manufacturer’s layer ends up overlapping Android’s own. Presentation of the Honor Alpha Plan with seven years of Android and Security Updates Seven years is the top. At least for the moment: From Google itselfthe company that develops the operating system, to honor, the most recent brand in Make the determination to keep your devices more life. Samsung was one of those who opened the ban: four years of Android updates in the Samsung Galaxy S21 And seven years from the Samsung Galaxy S24 From now on. In addition, the number of key updates is equated with that of security patches, an equally important software for devices, since it solves critical errors that allow attacks against devices. With the Honor Alpha Plan, a strategy presented by the company within the framework of the MWC and that foresees a remarkable investment in software, artificial intelligence and connected devices, Honor has taken the step expanding to the extreme the Android updates of its smartphones. At the moment the confirmation comes for a single model, although the most logical thing is that it extends to others equally important in its catalog, such as the folding Honor Magic V3. It is great news and a good first step that should extend. Security update at a Samsung Galaxy Updates yes, but with priority to the high range. While it is logical that it is the best mobile phones that receive more attention from the manufacturers, thereby offering greater value to their customers, that the guarantee of system updates remains in the most expensive mobiles leaves out most of the volume of users. After all, the mobiles that are most sold are usually the cheapest and those who have the most risk of attacks. The Android update guarantee is never global: brands offer more years only to the most modern and powerful of their catalog Samsung is extending its update policy also to its Galaxy A range, even to the Mobiles like the new Samsung Galaxy A56 They offer six years of Android versions, security patches and One UIthe same happens with the most economical Samsung Galaxy M16 5g. Android updates Security updates honor Up to 7 years Up to 7 years Samsung Up to 7 years Up to 7 years Google Up to 7 years Up to 7 years Apple 5-6 years (on all iPhone) 5-6 years (on all iPhone) Motorola Up to 5 years Up to 5 years Xiaomi Up to 4 years Up to 5 years OnePlus Up to 4 years Up to 5 years Oppo Up to 4 years Up to 5 years Realme Up to 3 years Up to 4 years Democratizing Android updates implies improving user experience, their safety, offers greater privacy and, also, transfers the improvements of the new models to which they have been in the market for a while. Having a long -term guarantee is good for those who buy a phone, but also for those who sell it. The satisfaction and commitment to the brand are gold. That a mobile is not updated does not imply that stop workingbut it makes it much more vulnerable. And it transmits lack of interest to the product and to whoever buys it: how honor adds to commitment to seven years is excellent news. Now it only remains that the guarantee extends to the rest of the catalog apart from the honor Magic7 Pro. Cover image | Ricardo Aguilar In Xataka | Hyperos 2 updates calendar by 2025: what mobiles of Xiaomi and Redmi update and when

The eight years of updates are already possible on Android. That will happen is something very different

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Who was going to tell us a few years ago that a phone could be updated up to eight times to a new version of operating system. This is precisely what Google and Qualcomm have just signed, supporting updates for eight years to all those manufacturers that incorporate the Snapdragon 8 Elite on your phones. “This means that the support for platform software included in this program will be available for OEM for eight consecutive years, including updates of the Android and Kernel operating system, without the need to make important changes or updates on the platform and the code OEM of the device (a separation commonly known as “project treble” or “supplier implementation”). Update of Kernel mode controllers, the supplier code can remain unchanged while providing software support. “ Updating for eight years sounds very good, but it is difficult to end up becoming a common practice. Manufacturer’s decision. Qualcomm and Google have opened the door, but it is the manufacturers who decide whether or not. In fact, Qualcomm itself makes it clear in its statement. “The original equipment manufacturer (OEM) will decide if a smartphone or an eligible mobile phone will receive all software support offered For longer. “ Last year, Qualcomm already endured Seven years of updatesand just Samsung and Google got on the car. Among all Android manufacturers, these two are the only ones that offer seven -year updates from the date of purchase of the device. A small shot in the foot. Updating a phone for seven years is a complex matter. On the one hand, it is a great sale argument. If we think of brands such as Samsung, Google or Apple, the first thing that can come to mind is “longevity.” They are phones made to last, and when we are looking for a high -end phone, this point is key. But, on the other hand, support for eight years involves dedicating eight years of resources to a telephone that will stop selling after their first year of life. That is why the vast majority of manufacturers still do not offer a wide cycle of updates. Manufacturers such as Xiaomi and Oppo offer four years of system updates. Others, as alive, stay in three. The battle with the annual model. We have been raising a movement that a priori would make sense: stop launching a year a year. The technological maturity of the smartphone is increasing (even more in the highest ranges), something that makes it difficult to see relevant innovations. If a phone is going to last eight years, a renewal cycle every two years is not crazy. Despite this, launching annual devices remains a strategy to boost income and grow the manufacturers ecosystem. Not only will it be high -end thing. “The smartphones that are launched with the new mobile platforms of the Snapdragon 8 and 7 series will also be eligible to receive this extended support.” Qualcomm has not detailed which series models seven will be compatible, but opens the doors for mid -range models also have an extensive life cycle. Great news about the paper, although it will remain to be checked how many manufacturers update a phone away from the first line. Image | Xataka In Xataka | How to update Android to your latest version

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