https://www.cnet.com/news/essential-becomes-first-non-google-handset-for-day-one-android-os-update/

In a piece of good news for the troubled manufacturer, Essential has announced its PH-1 phone has become the first non-Google phone to receive the latest Android operating system on the day of release.

Though this is a welcome development for the Android OS in general, Essential's own future is uncertain. While the company says that its PH-1 phone will continue to receive updates such as Pie for at least two years the CEO said in May that he is considering selling the company.