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The support clock does not restart.

Buying a used Pixel later does not restart the model’s software-update window.

Source and transcript

Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 get five years of operating-system and security updates; Pixel 8 gets seven. Each window starts when that model first became available in the US Google Store, not when you buy a particular phone. This is software support, not warranty.

Google Pixel update policy · checked 4 October 2026 PDT.

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