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Essential might be in trouble, but you wouldn’t know it from all the recent PH-1 updates
June 12, 2025
Although last weekEssential dropped the bombthat it is canceling the Essential Phone 2 and probably going to sell off the company, you wouldn’t know it from all the updates it is issuing for its only mobile phone product, theEssential Phone.
Today, the company is pushing an update to theEssential Camera app, which improves the UI and adds new functionality to help with editing and sharing 360-degree photos. The company announced as such in a Twitter post:
Earlier this week,Essential tweetedthat it just pushed some bug-fixes for theAndroid P developer’s preview. In the replies to that tweet, the company confirmed that the Essential Phone will receive two years of software updates and three years of security patches, regardless of what happens in the future for the upstart manufacturer.
Considering some of the biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world – includingSamsung,LG,Xiaomi, and more – can barely keep up with software updates for two years after they release a device, the fact that a company floundering is making that commitment is extraordinary.
Today’s update to the camera UI is especially notable as one of the most common criticisms of the Essential Phone is its camera, which felt like a half-baked product when the phone first hit shelves.
Although the Essential Phone 2 has definitely been canceled, it is still unknown how intent the company is to sell off to someone else. Rumors abound that there are parties interested in the company, but nothing firm has been announced yet.
To update your Essential Phone camera app, head to theGoogle Play Storeby clicking the button below:
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