As part of the presentation of the Galaxy S22 and S22+, Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Galaxy Tab S8 series, Samsung has once again announced an extended Android update guarantee, which now includes four new Android major versions and five years of security updates. Today was the promise on the company blog concretized.
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As of the beginning of 2021, Samsung’s update promise was still: three main Android versions and at least four years of security updates after the market launch of the respective smartphone or tablet. The list of devices supported to this extent was long and also included smartphones from the inexpensive Galaxy A and Galaxy M series. For which devices, Samsung provides security updates once a month, once a quarter or only once every six months, depending on the age of the product published, can on a security website see.
Five years of self-updates for Galaxy A series
With yesterday’s announcement of the new product families mentioned at the beginning, Samsung has once again followed up in terms of updates. The company thus offers the longest support in the Android segment and even surpasses Google in terms of the Android main versions. Samsung plans to offer four main Android versions and five years of security updates for the Galaxy S, Galaxy Z, Galaxy A and Galaxy Tab S series. In the case of the Galaxy A series, however, it is explicitly onlychosen“ devices talk. Unlike the Galaxy S, Galaxy Z and Galaxy Tab S, not every Galaxy A smartphone will be included. Google itself has promised three main Android versions and at least five years of security updates since the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro (test).
Get four major Android releases and five years of security updates:
- Galaxy S Series: Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, Galaxy S21 Ultra, Galaxy S21 FE and upcoming Galaxy S devices
- Galaxy Z series: Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Flip 3 and upcoming Galaxy Z devices
- Galaxy A series: selected upcoming Galaxy A devices
- Galaxy Tablets: Galaxy Tab S8, Galaxy Tab S8+, Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra and upcoming Galaxy Tab S devices
Four years of smartwatch updates
In addition, Samsung announced today that smartwatches will also be subject to an update guarantee from now on. In this product category, the company does not differentiate between major versions of the operating system and security updates, but generally promises four years of updates for watches with “One UI Watch and Wear OS Powered by Samsung”. Behind the bulky name is the new operating system from the cooperation between Google and Samsung, which is being offered for the first time since last year’s Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. The new update guarantee for watches therefore only includes exactly these two smartwatches. Future Galaxy Watch devices will also be covered by the new update guarantee.