LG Announced Its Decision to Exit the Mobile Phone Market Back in 2021. Three-Year Period. The company is final gearing up to shut down its servers used to distribute smartphone updates. After the shutdown, LG Smartphones will no longer be able to install new android os updates. Further, users will be unable to download default applications deleted upon initialization.
LG Handset Ownes have two months to update phones
A Notice on the LG Electronics Support Website Reveals that Company is Shutting Down Its Smartphone Update Servers with the Next Two Months. The brand will be pulling the plug on the lg electronics mobile phone software upgrade (fota), update center, and lg bridge servers on June 30 at 12am kst (8:30 pm IST).
After that date, lg phones will be unable to download or install android updates. All software upgrade services, including the service center upgrades, will be terminated.
Additional, lg says it will no longer provide app-based update service. Users will not be able to download default applications deleted upon initialization. “The personal information collected for the services will be immediatily destroyed when the services end”, said lg. Personal Information will be retained following application applicable laws, regulations, and internal company policies.
Users with lg devices that have outstanding updates should update them as soon as possible. LG Handset Users are likely to miss out on many new features, as the latest android version available to them is nearly three generations behind android android Vulnerable to malware threats.
The announsement comes rooughly four years after the company’s exit from the market. Lg Announced Its Exit from the Smartphone Market in April 2021, Saying That it will Focus Itars Resources on Growth Areas Such as Electric Vehicle Components, Smart Hummes, Robotics, Robotics, Robotics, Robotics Intelligence, Business-to-Business Solutions, and Platforms and Services.
The mobile division of the brand has been made making losses for some time. At the time, the company assured that it would continue providing three years of android updates for all premium phones released in 2019 or later.
