The Nokia X20 is getting Android 12 this week

HMD Global provided its first Android 12 replace this week, beginning with the midrange Nokia X20. The firm says users in this first wave will obtain the replace by December seventeenth.

Good. That’s what HMD stated it could do, and it’s doing simply that. We like to see it.

You’re forgiven in case you forgot that the Nokia X20 exists — it’s a largely unremarkable machine with a 6.67-inch 60Hz show, Snapdragon 480 processor, and 4 rear-facing cameras. In reality, its most compelling options may simply be its wholesome assist coverage (three years of OS updates) and an unusually beneficiant three-year guarantee.

That’s an important coverage in concept — as my colleague Jon Porter identified in his hands-on with the X20, the cellphone ought to nonetheless be below guarantee when it will get Android 14. But there’s no actual assure that HMD (or any Android machine maker for that matter) will observe by means of with its promise of continuous OS updates. To that finish, the corporate just lately backtracked on its promise to deliver Android 11 to the Nokia 9 PureView.

And typically talking, the Android 12 rollout has been a rocky one. OnePlus pulled its buggy Android 12-based OxygenOS replace for the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 homeowners have also reported issues with the secure Android 12 replace. Google’s personal Pixel 6 and 6 Pro seem like , too. Even a so-called secure Android 12 launch for Nokia telephones might show to be equally unstable. But if the X20 is to dwell as much as its promised three-year lifespan, it’s actually beginning on the best foot.