You have two months left to update your old LG phone
- LG has announced that it will shut down its update servers for good on June 30th, 2025, marking the end of support for its Android phones.
- The shutdown affects all LG phones released after 2019, including the Velvet, Wing, G-, and V-series models, which were promised three years of Android updates from their release year.
- Only security patches and upgrades to Android 12 or Android 13 will be available after the servers are shut down, leaving devices vulnerable to future security issues.
- The LG Bridge PC software, used for transferring files and contacts, as well as supporting updates, backups, and device restoration, will also cease to function at the end of June.
- Existing customers can still use their functioning LG phones after the shutdown, but they will no longer receive any future improvements or security fixes.
Time is running out for people who are still using LG phones to download any remaining Android updates before their devices are fully retired. After closing its Android phone business back in 2021, Android Authority has spotted that LG is now preparing to shut down its update servers for good on June 30th, 2025, advising customers that software updates will be completely inaccessible after this date.
The end-of-service announcement was expected — when LG exited the smartphone industry, it promised existing customers that Velvet, Wing, and G- and V- series phones from 2019 or later would receive three years of Android updates from their year of release.
That means only security patches and upgrades to Android 12 or Android 13 are available, depending on the devices, but LG has left its update servers active for longer than the deadline it promised. Functioning LG phones should still work after the servers are shut down, but this serves as a final death knell, as they’ll be unable to receive any future improvements or security fixes.
The LG Bridge PC software is also shutting down at the end of June, which is used to transfer files and contacts from LG phones, alongside support for updates, backups, and device restoration.