New smartphones are all the rage these days due to the pandemic but there are also plenty of users who are still using old Android phones. If you happen to be still using an old Android OS, you won't be able to opt into Google services soon.
As announced by Google on its support page, the company will finally end its service support for Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread and below. Scheduled for 27 September 2021, users who are still using that operating software will not be allowed to use any Google services. On top of that, Android users who are still using 4.0 and above are still safe.
In case if you are wondering which Google services you won't be able to use, that would be the apps such as Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube, Google Drive and anything that is Google-related. It is noted that you may still use some of the apps if logged in, but once you log out and try to sign back in, you will definitely be locked out. You could still use the web browser to access the apps, though, albeit that would mean you must have either Safari, Firefox, Edge or others standby beforehand.
According to Zak Pollack who works in Google, the initiative is part of the company's "ongoing efforts to keep our users safe". In other words, it is in the name of security reasons but we also believe that most Android phones on that OS should be obsolete by now. That's all, folks. Stay tuned for more trending tech news at TechNave.com.
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