Is Huawei supplying security updates for the Honor 5X?

[AC Question]

Perhaps we'll see Nougat for the Honor 5X or perhaps not, but at any rate, Huawei should be supplying the Marshmallow security updates that Google releases. The last security update I have is from May 2016. Have there been subsequent security updates, or is Huawei ignoring them?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I haven't gotten any. I use it without a SIM, but that shouldn't matter. I also had to download the Marshmallow update manually, because it never showed up as an OTA. I think Huawei has essentially abandoned this phone.

 

[LikesCookies]

Huawei is ignoring them. A rep from Huawei told me on Twitter that they do not intend to push security updates for the 5X.

 

[blak8830]

Seems like they've totally abandoned the 5X - several web pages on their "support" site that have links for the 5X return "not found", and the 5X has vanished from their store.
Not sure I'll ever spend any more $ on Honor products, as much as I love my 5X.

 

[mrpuny]

Perhaps we'll see Nougat for the Honor 5X or perhaps not, but at any rate, Huawei should be supplying the Marshmallow security updates that Google releases. The last security update I have is from May 2016. Have there been subsequent security updates, or is Huawei ignoring them?

Just got an update this morning. It listed the Jan 2017 security update + "other fixes"

 

[LikesCookies]

I just got that update as well. Makes me feel a little better. The build number is KIW-L24C567B351.

 

[upx]

I just got that update as well. Makes me feel a little better. The build number is KIW-L24C567B351.

Have you, or anyone else, updated ?

Any noticeable improvements, problems or differences ?

 

[LikesCookies]

No noticeable differences, except for an app named HiCare. It may have been there before the update, but I didn't notice it.

 

[Ry]

Stuck on KIWL24C567B331, Android 6.0.1, EMUI 4.0, Security Patch May 1, 2016. Geez.

 

[Ry]

I just got that update as well. Makes me feel a little better. The build number is KIW-L24C567B351.

What were you on previously?

 

[LikesCookies]

I don't recall the build number, but I believe the most recent security update prior to this was May, 2016.

 

[dpham00]

I thought that honor promised quarterly updates for the 5x? Or was that only for the honor 8?

 

[SolarBear28]

I thought that honor promised quarterly updates for the 5x? Or was that only for the honor 8?

I purchased mine in December and was on the September security patch prior to getting the January patch around April. It's never had the latest patch

 

[dpham00]

I purchased mine in December and was on the September security patch prior to getting the January patch around April. It's never had the latest patch

That kinda sucks. And now with new phones out, it is even less likely that it would be updated in a timely manner

 

[SolarBear28]

That kinda sucks. And now with new phones out, it is even less likely that it would be updated in a timely manner

Yeah, but if it ever gets Nougat that would make me very happy! Hopefully it gets one more update to tide me over until I purchase my next phone. But that phone will probably be a pixel or something I can be confident will get regular security updates.

 

[dpham00]

Yeah, but if it ever gets Nougat that would make me very happy! Hopefully it gets one more update to tide me over until I purchase my next phone. But that phone will probably be a pixel or something I can be confident will get regular security updates.

Pixel is the best bet if you want regular security updates consistently. Blackberry is also pretty good

 

[Ry]

Yeah, but if it ever gets Nougat that would make me very happy! Hopefully it gets one more update to tide me over until I purchase my next phone. But that phone will probably be a pixel or something I can be confident will get regular security updates.

Only Google and BlackBerry have been consistent with security updates.

 

[dpham00]

Only Google and BlackBerry have been consistent with security updates.

Samsung is probably closest after that for their flagship carrier phones.