Privacy Enhancing Degoogled Pixel Smartphone (various) - Graphene Android Open-Source Operating System

Degoogled Pixel Devices (various) — running Graphene OS - refined, private, purposeful

Overview

• Device: Google Pixel (various)

• Condition: Used/Refurbished - Stock hardware retained; software replaced to remove Google services and telemetry, tracking and other bloating spyware etc.

• Audience: Users seeking a privacy-first, uncluttered Android experience without buying new hardware

Key modifications

• Operating System: Replaced Google-centric Android with a custom ROM (Graphene OS).

• Bootloader: Unlocked and reprovisioned to accept the custom build. Verified Boot usually disabled or adapted per ROM.

• Google Play Services: Removed.

  • Fully removed (no microG): maximum privacy, requires alternative apps and manual sideloading.

  • microG installed: lightweight reimplementation of some Google APIs to restore push notifications and limited app compatibility with reduced telemetry.

• App distribution: F-Droid (free/open-source app repository) installed as primary store; Aurora Store or manual APK sideloading used for selective proprietary apps if needed.

• Network & telemetry: Host file and iptables rules may be applied to block known telemetry domains; trackers reduced via system-level firewall or VPN-based DNS filtering.

How long can GrapheneOS support my device for?

GrapheneOS can only fully provide security updates to a device provided that the OEM is releasing them. When an OEM is no longer providing security updates, GrapheneOS aims to provide harm reduction releases for devices which only have a minimum of 3 years support. Extended support updates at minimum will be done until the next Android version. It is likely that we will make a decision around harm reduction releases for other devices with longer lifetimes in Q4 2024. Harm reduction releases do not have complete security patches because it's not possible to provide full security updates for the device without OEM support and they are intended to buy users some limited time to migrate to a supported device.

DeviceOEM Support Ends:

• Google Pixel 10a - March 2033

• Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold - October 2032

• Google Pixel 10 Pro XL - August 2032

• Google Pixel 10 Pro - August 2032

• Google Pixel 10 August - 2032

• Google Pixel 9a April - 2032

• Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold - August 2031

• Google Pixel 9 Pro XL - August 2031

• Google Pixel 9 Pro - August 2031

• Google Pixel 9 - August 2031

• Google Pixel 8a - May 2031

• Google Pixel 8 Pro - October 2030

• Google Pixel 8 - October 2030

• Google Pixel Fold - June 2028

• Google Pixel Tablet - June 2028

• Google Pixel 7a - May 2028

• Google Pixel 7 Pro - October 2027

• Google Pixel 7 - October 2027

• Google Pixel 6a - July 2027

• Google Pixel 6 - Pro October 2026

• Google Pixel 6 - October 2026