Fairphone 4 users’ long wait ends as Android 15 rollout begins

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TL;DR

• Android 15 is already rolling out to the Fairphone 4 ahead of the previously announced schedule.
• The phone skipped Android 14 entirely after last year’s software delay.
• User reaction so far is largely positive, although the update did unpair Bluetooth devices for some users.

It was less than two weeks ago that we learned the Fairphone 4 would skip Android 14 altogether with a jump straight to Android 15, and things are moving quickly. Rewarding owners for their patience after last year’s software delay, the company previously stated that the upgrade would start arriving “from early November onwards.” Fairphone seems to be ahead of schedule this time around, with Android 15 already rolling out on the device.

A Fairphone employee confirmed on the company’s Community Forum that the phased rollout would begin on October 27, and the update is now reaching some users. It includes the October security patch and weighs in at around 1.6GB, depending on your existing version. The rollout is still phased, so those who haven’t received it yet should expect a notification in the coming days and weeks.




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