Long story short, Fairphone 4 will no longer receive Android 14. That’s the bad news. The good news is Fairphone plans to upgrade the device directly to Android 15. However, it’s unclear when the new update will arrive, as Fairphone claims “it’s still a complicated process with multiple partners involved.”

Fairphone 4 was launched back in 2021 | Image credit: Fairphone
As to why Fairphone decided to quit working on Android 14 for Fairphone 4 and bring the phone directly to Android 15, it’s easy to guess. After hitting a snag with the development of the promised update, it has become obvious that if these issues would eventually overcome, Android 14 would be released around the same time Google launches Android 15 (or even later).It makes much more sense to cut your losses and redirect all your resources into the most recent version of the OS, and that’s Android 15.We had hoped to deliver Android 14 for Fairphone 4 users by the start of 2025, and we know how disappointing it is that we haven’t made that happen yet. That said, we haven’t dropped support for the Fairphone 4. After thoroughly evaluating what it would take to deliver a stable Android 14 update, we’ve made the difficult decision to shift our focus directly to Android 15.
– The Fairphone Team, May 2025
Besides informing its customers that Fairphone 4 will no longer receive Android 14 and instead will be upgraded to Android 15, the Dutch company also promised to expand its support team to shorten the wait times. It remains to be seen how things will turn out, but if you own a Fairphone 4, don’t get your hopes too high.