Users will soon be unable to sign in on very old Android handsets, according to Google.

 

“As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our users safe, Google will no longer permit sign-in on Android devices running Android 2.3.7 or lower starting September 27th, 2021,” the company continues. “If you check in to your device after September 27th, you may have trouble accessing Google products and services like Gmail, YouTube, or Maps due to username or password issues.”

To give you an idea of how old a device would be affected by this update, Android 2.3.7 was released nearly ten years ago. Given that there are presently over three billion active Android smartphones in the wild, many people who are still utilizing obsolete technologies will surely be affected by this transition.

If you're using Android 2.3.7 or older after September 27th, you'll be able to use some Google services if you're logged in on your device's browser, according to Google. However, Google says that smartphones running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) will be able to log in to Google accounts in the future, so if your older system can be updated, you should.

Source: The Verge