[CuriousCosmic]

The thing I think people are missing is that the response from Google indicates that this isn't a Pixel issue. This is a "all android phones on Android 10+" issue.

Without full cooperation from manufacturers, there's really not a lot that can be done outside of blacklisting all dialer apps on the Play store and even that would do little for anything already installed.

[bb88]

I think you miss the point here. Security updates for phones need to be longer than 3 years -- for that reason.

The pixel 2 is already EOL'd 4 years after it's release, but it can still make 911 calls. I believe there are people that still depend upon that phone to make phone calls -- and therefore need 911 when they need it.

[CuriousCosmic]

Oh definitely. I wasn't disagreeing with that aspect. Everybody had been focusing on how the Pixel line would be able to solve this issue which kinda ignores that bigger issue that the entire industry needs to be maintaining these security updates. There's no good reason for OS security updates to be gated behind manufacturer control.