Samsung was well-positioned to scoop up a big chunk of the market share LG left behind with its affordable A-series phones. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge ...

LG is shutting down its Android update servers in early summer, around four years after it exited the smartphone business.

Since LG left the smartphone market, the company has been showing its final flagship phones some love. This meant updating the LG V60, LG Velvet, and LG Wing to Android 11 and Android 12.

LG Electronics A solar-panel equipped prototype mobile phone from LG Electronics (left) and the company’s existing solar-powered Bluetooth adapter.

2019's LG V50 ThinQ is the latest LG phone to get Android 12. The other phones from the company have already gotten it.

The company confirmed on its Korean website that it would update three devices with Android 12 software by the end of this quarter. Those phones are the LG Q92 5G, LG V50, and LG V50S.

LG: one of Korea's famed dynastic conglomerates and a globally known brand for durable goods and consumer electronics. It was pretty good at making phones for a time — people might most fondly ...