It has been a while since LG announced its exit from the smartphone market, joining other defunct phone brands like Nokia. Although, it still offered support for its existing lineup of devices. But now, the brand’s smartphones has finally reached the end of the line.
LG to Shut Down Smartphone Update Servers in 2025
The South Korean tech giant’s last flagship was the LG Wing, which debuted way back in October 2020. Following this, LG announced that it is pulling away from smartphones to focus on EVs in April 2021. The brand later sold all of its smartphone related patents to other smartphone OEMs like Oppo. While the mobile division shut down, support was still available for the latest gen LG devices. LG at least ensured update up to Android 12 on eligible smartphones.
But since then, there has not been any major update rolling out for any smartphone. There were still security patches that were promised for another three years. LG has announced that it is shutting down its smartphone update servers. Now, the company shared a warning a couple of weeks back. In its official forums post, LG shared appreciation for everyone who supported its mobile business and announced that it will close the mobile phone software upgrade (FOTA), update center, and LG Bridge service.
All of these services will go offline on 30th June 2025. This announcement likely doesn’t affect many users, but it marks the complete end of LG smartphones. You never know, certain LG devices might become collector’s pieces in a couple of years.
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