{"id":8825,"date":"2026-10-16T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:29:40","slug":"sony-xperia-10-vi-smartphone-android-17-update-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8825","title":{"rendered":"The Sony Xperia 10 VI won\u2019t be getting a promised update to Android 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In the notice Sony explains that a \u201cdetailed technical assessment\u201d revealed that \u201climitations related to the device\u2019s storage configuration\u201d mean the Xperia 10 VI \u201cdoes not support an Android 17 upgrade experience that we consider adequate.\u201d As a result, the company has \u201cdecided not to make this upgrade available\u201d and apologized that the decision \u201cfalls short of our original announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Sony clarifies that while OS updates for the Xperia 10 VI are ending, the company will continue to provide four years of security updates which should extend until June 2028. Sony also points out that this specific issue only applies to the \u201cXperia 10 VI\u2019s technical specifications\u201d and does not impact promised OS updates for other Xperia models. But since the technical requirements of future versions of Android aren\u2019t yet known, it\u2019s hard to take Sony at its word given today\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1012789\/sony-xperia-10-vi-smartphone-android-17-update-security\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the notice Sony explains that a \u201cdetailed technical assessment\u201d revealed that \u201climitations related to the device\u2019s storage configuration\u201d mean the Xperia 10 VI \u201cdoes not support an Android 17 upgrade experience that we consider adequate.\u201d As a result, the company has \u201cdecided not to make this upgrade available\u201d and apologized that the decision \u201cfalls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[57,46,118,404,34],"class_list":["post-8825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-news","tag-phones","tag-sony","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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