Is the Google Pixel 4 XL still supported?
End-of-support date: October 2022.
Support ended
Official promiseOctober 2022
Source: Google's official policy · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the Pixel 4 XL
How long will the Pixel 4 XL get updates?
Support ended in October 2022 after Google's three-year guarantee, so the Pixel 4 XL no longer receives any updates.
What was Motion Sense on the Pixel 4 XL?
It used a Soli radar chip for touch-free air gestures and faster Face Unlock. Google discontinued the feature in later phones.
Does the Pixel 4 XL have a zoom camera?
Yes. It pairs the 12.2MP main sensor with a 16MP telephoto lens for roughly 2x optical zoom, but it has no ultra-wide.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from the manufacturer's official policy, last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.