LG to Permanently Shut Down Smartphone Update Servers on June 30

Although LG left the smartphone industry in 2021, the firm promised that its customers would receive three years of support in all formats. That is now over, and the business is telling its customers about the significant announcement that will take effect in July 2025.

 LG has said that it will stop releasing any more security patches in the coming months due to the shutdown of its official server, which distributes software updates.

Although the majority of people may have switched to other phones by now, if some people are still using an LG phone, now is the ideal moment to upgrade.

Why this News is a Warning Sign for Users?

One of LG's major announcements concerns the shutdown of the LG Bridge and Update service. LG customers may rely on The Bridge to apply updates for their devices and back up their data. With support for these services coming to an end, LG phones will soon be at serious risk of security breaches and become easy targets for hackers.

Based on these timetables, it appears that the business is confident in its present customer base, which by now ought to have switched to other companies. Although LG has a sizable appliance market in India and is a well-known brand in that market, the company's mobile phone venture did not turn out as planned.

Some people may not be aware, but Google and LG collaborated on the original Nexus phones, which were later replaced by Pixels. Although LG's phones came at a variety of pricing points, they lacked the Chinese firms' adaptability, and their track record in the nation was comparable to that of Sony.

Nevertheless, LG surprised everyone by releasing phones like the LG Wing, which had a spinning multi-screen experience.

Sluggish Sales Stall Production in India

Due to dwindling local and international demand, about half of India's mobile phone manufacturing capacity—which was developed under the government's production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme—is either underutilised or repurposed.

According to a study by a financial media house, market analysts and industry executives blame this underutilisation on the decline in demand for entry-level smartphones and feature phones. According to data from the research firm Counterpoint Research, by the end of 2024, India's ability to produce mobile phones had surpassed 500 million units.

 A somewhat smaller range of 400–420 million units has been anticipated by the Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA). According to the study, actual production is still about 250 million units per year, of which 200 million are sold domestically and the remainder—mostly iPhones—are exported.

Production is being driven by PLI-eligible manufacturers like Hon Hai (Foxconn), Tata Electronics, Samsung Electronics, and Dixon Technologies. Due to their inability to reach goals, smaller companies like Lava International, Karbonn, and Micromax have either shut down or switched to manufacturing wearables and telecom equipment.