Honor’s Magic Phones to Get 7 Years of OS and Software Support

Some Honor phones are getting a major commitment. The company announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that all of its Magic Series phones will receive seven years of OS and security updates. Previously, flagship Honor phones received only five years of both OS and security updates.

Lengthening the support window by two years puts Honor on par with Google and Samsung as the only manufacturers to offer seven years of Android updates and security patches to their phones. This helps keep devices secure and performing their best for the majority of their lifespan.

Honor Porsche Design Magic7 RSR (Credit: Eric Zeman)

Apple doesn’t specify the number of years each iPhone gets OS and security support. However, iPhones generally see seven to eight years of iOS updates.

Honor’s most recent flagship, the Honor Magic7 Pro, was announced in January of this year. The phone positions itself as a rival to Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series. It features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, a 6.8-inch display, and 12GB of RAM with 512GB of storage.

AI is baked into the phone, with Google Gemini, Circle to Search, and AI translation on board. It also uses AI processing tools for advanced photo features like enhanced zoom and lighting effects. The Honor Magic7 Pro is currently only available in the UK and it’s unlikely that it will make its way over to North America. 

Honor’s increased software support comes ahead of its AI-based Honor Alpha Plan, which the company is also set to launch at MWC. Honor says that its latest phones will now be able to get new AI features for longer. Updated hardware is usually needed to run brand-new AI features, so current phones might not be able to take advantage of all the future AI tech.

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