Pixel 8 Support End Date: Expected October 2030

What this Pixel 8 record covers

Google starts the clock at first US Google Store availability, not the date you buy or activate your Pixel. Updates roll out gradually and depend on the device and carrier.

Listed model identifiers: GKWS6, G9BQD, GPJ41, GZPFO. Listing an identifier does not establish shared lifecycle coverage.

Recorded model and region: GKWS6; North America mmWave. Apply each support date, firmware release or repair fact only to the identifiers and regions named in its cited source.

Pixel 8 Pro shares the same recorded release and security-support horizon. Those products remain separate because their marketed identity and model boundary differ; a shared policy date is not evidence that firmware, recalls or repair records are interchangeable. Open the Pixel 8 Pro support record for its separate model scope. The displayed interval spans about 84 months from the recorded release event and retains month date precision.

No exact EPREL registration is approved for this record, so DevLifeCheck does not borrow an EU repairability score or battery result from a related model.

Support timeline

“Not documented” means DevLifeCheck has no approved value for this field. A lifecycle-policy review never authorizes copying or inferring a firmware version or another lifecycle date.

Identity and regional scope

Marketed name

Pixel 8

Primary model identifier

GKWS6

Evidence scope

Google starts the clock at first US Google Store availability, not the date you buy or activate your Pixel. Updates roll out gradually and depend on the device and carrier.

This record is not a universal “global variant.” Match the model number, sales market and carrier before applying a date to your phone. A materially different variant must receive its own reviewed lifecycle evidence.

How the support date was determined

Seven years of security updates on the same policy clock, expected through October 2030. A policy horizon does not identify the latest installed security patch.

Evidence class

B · Policy-derived

Date precision

Month precision

Jurisdiction/scope

Google starts the clock at first US Google Store availability, not the date you buy or activate your Pixel. Updates roll out gradually and depend on the device and carrier.

Latest firmware or patch

Android 17 · CP3A.260905.009 · official firmware source checked Sep 2026.

Evidence scope: Google public OTA release for Pixel 8 codename shiba; carrier and regional delivery can differ, and this table does not map every retail model code. A public device-codename build does not prove that every retail model, carrier or region received it on the same date.

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Recall and safety screening

DevLifeCheck monitors CPSC, Safety Gate, UK OPSS, Health Canada. A monitored feed is not itself a “no recall” finding; dated device-specific results are listed separately below.

Repairability and battery

Each card shows only the facts published by its cited source. Do not compare iFixit scores, manufacturer playback estimates and EU-label measurements as if they used the same test.

Update cadence

Cadence not documented — not inferred from end date.

Known limitations and conflicts

Policy dates can conflict with carrier schedules, regional product-security statements and the exact hardware variant. No additional conflict has been approved for this record; that means “not documented,” not “none exist.”

Repair or replace factors

• Support horizon: Seven years of security updates on the same policy clock, expected through October 2030. A policy horizon does not identify the latest installed security patch.
• Evidence certainty: this is a policy-derived record with month precision.
• Software visibility: Android 17 · CP3A.260905.009 is the latest version documented in this record; regional delivery still needs checking.
• Repair data: 1 approved model-specific repairability record is available above; compare only within the same scheme.

Longer-supported catalog records

These records have a later documented security-support horizon. Same-brand records are preferred when the catalog has enough matches. Price, form factor and availability are not yet compared, so these are not purchase recommendations.

Evidence

Cite or embed this record

DevLifeCheck record for Pixel 8, reviewed Sep 2026, grade B: https://devlifecheck.com/devices/google-pixel-8

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