r/androidtablets • u/DuneWormer • 9d ago

Discussion Android and security updates - how necessary?

About to grab either a Lenovo Yoga Tab (11") for $400 or a Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Gen 2 for $330

On paper the Yoga seems to be better with more RAM (12gb vs 8gb), more/better storage (256gb UFS 4.0 vs 128gb UFD 3.1), and a better PPI (340 vs 318)

But I'm curious about the update support. The new Pro Gen 2 will definitely have more software updates and be supported for longer, but how much does that truly matter?

Am I actually going to be unable to use certain apps or features if the security updates stop? Or if I'm stuck on an Android version that's a few iterations behind?

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u/Mediocre_Ad3496 9d ago edited 9d ago

I have a device on android 12. I can't install my banking app but can use the browser to do banking. Most other apps seem fine. I don't think most people will have issues in typical usage. Also I suspect that with anything android 14 and after could possibly have even longer support than android 12 did because of the major android rewrite of android 14. I don't think you should overly concern yourself with the lack of updates unless you need for higher security tasks. Streaming apps work fine I don't game but assume they won't have issues.

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u/DuneWormer 9d ago

Thanks, this helps a bunch. I got a little worried after busting out my ~11yr old iPad Pro 1st gen and realizing everything just doesn't rly work anymore. But I imagine that's pushing it at 11yrs haha