While Asus was comparatively fast in kicking off Android 13 beta testing for a few of its newer smartphones just like the Zenfone 8, the corporate had but to disclose when the steady model of the replace would hit its units. This comes at the same time as quite a lot of different smartphone manufacturers had already began rolling out steady Android 13. The Taiwanese firm has now lastly confirmed dates for the Zenfone 8/9 sequence and the ROG Phone 5/5S/6/6D sequence.
The Asus Zenfone 9 will obtain the replace in December, adopted by the Zenfone 8 sequence. The Zenfone 8 sequence comprising the Zenfone 8 and the Zenfone 8 Flip will get it from January subsequent 12 months. Note that this doesn’t imply that these units will get Android 13 on the very first day of the month. Asus rolls out updates in a phased method so the replace would possibly take a while to look. There could also be regional discrepancies too.
The official timeline for the ROG telephones as shared by ROG’s official Twitter account
Moving on to Asus’s gaming cellphone division, not one of the units will get up to date to Android 13 steady this 12 months. The ROG Phone 6D and the ROG Phone 6D Ultimate will get it starting within the first quarter of 2023. The ROG Phone 6 and the ROG Phone 6 Pro will leap on to the newest Android model across the identical time, though we count on them to path the 6D sequence.
Last within the line are the ROG Phone 5, ROG Phone 5 Pro, ROG Phone 5 Ultimate, ROG Phone 5S, ROG Phone 5S Pro which is able to choose up Android 13 from the second quarter of 2023 (May onwards).
Asus usually solely rolls out a most of two Android system updates to its choices, which means that the Zenfone 8, ROG Phone 5 sequence, and the ROG Phone 5S sequence will likely be hitting the top of the highway once they obtain Android 13. The Zenfone 7 sequence that launched with Android 10 and haven’t made the lower testify to this. Security patches will possible proceed for some months although.