When does the Pixel 9a stop getting updates?
Google has committed to security updates for the Pixel 9a until 2032-04-01 and feature updates until 2032-04-01. That is a published commitment, linked below, not an estimate.
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What is published
- Feature updates until
- Security updates until
Basis: Maker commitment, via endoflife.date
endoflife.date records OS EOL and security support both as 2032-04-01 for Pixel 9a. Google's hardware spec page states seven years of OS, security and Pixel Drop updates. These dates are Google's published window, not a prediction of when updates will actually stop.
endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
- Shipped with
- Android 15Google — Pixel phone hardware tech specs, retrieved 2026-08-20
What the dates mean
Feature updates are new versions of Android and the maker’s software on top of it. Security updates are fixes for newly found flaws, issued without new features, and they continue after feature updates stop. A phone past its security date still works; it stops being patched. The dates above are the maker’s published window as recorded by the source linked, not a prediction of when updates will actually stop.
What Google actually committed to
endoflife.date records OS EOL and security support both as 2032-04-01 for Pixel 9a. Google's hardware spec page states seven years of OS, security and Pixel Drop updates. These dates are Google's published window, not a prediction of when updates will actually stop.
Recorded from endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
- Feature updates until
- 2032-04-017.0 years after release
- Security updates until
- 2032-04-017.0 years after release
- Basis
- Maker commitment, via endoflife.date
OS upgrades versus security updates
OS upgrades bring new Android versions and features. Security updates are patches for newly found flaws, and they can outlast the upgrades.
Both dates are 2032-04-01: Google commits to new versions and to security patches for the same length of time, so nothing is patched after the last new version.
How earlier models in this line fared
Earlier models in the same line on file, with the dates Google published for each.
| Model | Released | Feature updates until | Security updates until | Security span |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pixel 8a | 2024-05-14 | 2031-05-01 | 2031-05-01 | 7.0 years |
What stops working first
Today
The Pixel 9a shipped with Android 15; this site holds no record of the newest version it runs. Inside its security window: patches are committed to 2032-04-01, 65 months (5 years 5 months) from 2026-10-18.
What to do with that
Nothing about the Pixel 9a forces a move today. The row-by-row case for or against replacing it, with what it fetches used, is on Should I upgrade my Pixel 9a?; the full sheet is on the Pixel 9a page. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All update timelines.