Pixel's guaranteed updates, HTC's squeezable phone, and Alphabet's earnings

The Pixels will continue to receive platform updates at least until October 2018, HTC's latest teaser has a lot of objects being squeezed, and Google makes a lot of money in Q1 2017 [Android Central]( [Pixels will get guaranteed updates until Oct. 2018]( The Pixels will [pick up guaranteed platform updates]( until October 2018, which will be two years from their release date. The phones will continue to receive software patches through October 2019. That means they'll pick up two more platform updates — the Android O update this year, and the Android P update in 2018. [Read more here]( [Alphabet stock soars on the back of strong Google revenues]( In its earnings results for Q1 2017, Google's parent company Alphabet announced that it netted $22.8 billion in revenue, an increase of 22% from the same period a year ago. Google contributed to a vast majority of the earnings. with overall revenue coming in at $24.5 billion. --------------------------------------------------------------- [HTC squeezes a lot of stuff in teaser video for the HTC U 11]( Ahead of the launch event of the HTC U 11, the Taiwanese manufacturer is teasing the phone's marquee feature — a squeezable frame — [in a short video]( where there's a lot of squeezing involved. --------------------------------------------------------------- [BlackBerry KEYone will be available in the U.S. and Canada on May 31]( The BlackBerry KEYone is coming to the U.S. and Canada on the last day of May. That's the official news out of TCL, purveyor of all things BlackBerry hardware these days. The phone was initially supposed to launch in April, but unforeseen delays pushed its release back to the edge of summer. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Midnight Black OnePlus 3T is already sold out in most countries]( OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei revealed that the Midnight Black edition is still up for sale in just two markets, Hong Kong and the UK, and that it is likely to be sold out in a few days' time. --------------------------------------------------------------- That's all from us for this week. Have a fun weekend, and we'll see you bright and early on Monday! Android Central, 3151 E Thomas Street Inverness, FL 34453 Don't like these emails? [Unsubscribe](.