Bad News For Those Of You Who Use Old Phones, Google Will Block Logins From Older Android Versions After September 27

Old Android phone (Brightspot)

YOGYAKARTA - Are you still using an old 2015 Android phone or older? If so, you have to start preparing a budget to buy a new phone.

According to findings by Reddit users and 91mobiles, Google will block access to its platform from phones running Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) or older starting September 27.

Luckily, users can still login via the website. However, users are required to update the operating system to at least Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Meanwhile, according to Engadget's view, it is safer if Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

According to Google's explanation via user email, this termination is necessary to protect account privacy data. However, when Endgadget contacted the company for more information, Google did not respond.

"If you log into your (old school) device after September 27, you will experience an error in the user name or password when using Google products such as Gmail, Youtube and Maps," explained Google.

Will Not Affect Other OS Performance

Perhaps, there are readers who think that this update will affect their products. The answer is of course two, yes and no.

Yes, if the cellphone you are using is still running the Android Gingerbread operating system. As for users whose devices are already running Android OS on it -or even the latest, this update will have no effect.

Moreover, older Android phones that are still active generally run the operating system version 4.4 KitKat or 5.0 Lollipop. While the number of Android Gingerbread users is very small.

However, to make sure and to calm down, you can check the Android OS version running on the device. The method is quite easy. Citing the Google Support page, here are the steps you can follow:

1. Open the Settings app2. Swipe-up the screen, then tap the 'System' menu, select the 'Advanced' menu, then tap 'System Update'3. Finally, you will find a description of the OS version in the 'Android version' and 'Security patch level' menus.

Meanwhile, you can also check the availability of operating system updates on your device. Who knows, the device you're using gets an update. Here are the steps:

1. Open the Settings app2. Swipe up the screen, then tap the 'System' menu3. Next, tap the 'Advanced' menu, then select the 'System Update' menu4. In it, you will see the operating system version update status. If you don't see anything, it means that the device you're using is not getting version updates