If the past year has shown us anything, it’s that Samsung is taking Android updates seriously, big or small. Now, Samsung is giving some clarifications regarding their security mobile update especially the final year of Samsung Android update support.
As of February, Samsung announced they are offering 4 years of security updates to almost its whole Galaxy smartphone and tablet line-up. As good as that sounds however, Samsung won’t consistently offer you security updates but rather will reduce them after year two and even further in the fourth year.
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The South Korean firm plans to offer monthly security updates to its high-end smartphones while mid-rangers and older flagship models will get quarterly updates.
Updates will happen less frequently after the second year and in the fourth year, devices will receive security patches biannually (two security updates in a year).
Below is a list of devices getting biannual security updates:
- Galaxy S8 Lite, Galaxy Note FE
- Galaxy A6, Galaxy A6+, Galaxy A7 (2018), Galaxy A8+ (2018), Galaxy A8 Star, Galaxy A8s, Galaxy A9 (2018)
- Galaxy J2 Core, Galaxy J3 (2017), Galaxy J3 Top, Galaxy J4, Galaxy J4+, Galaxy J4 Core, Galaxy J5 (2017), Galaxy J6, Galaxy J6+, Galaxy J7 (2017), Galaxy J7 Duo, Galaxy J7 Prime2, Galaxy J7 Pop, Galaxy J7 Top, Galaxy J7 Max, Galaxy J7 Neo, Galaxy J7+, Galaxy J8
- Galaxy M10, Galaxy M20
- Galaxy Tab A (2017), Galaxy Tab A 10.5 (2018), Galaxy Tab S3, Galaxy Tab S4, Galaxy Tab E 8 Refresh
Alfred Gitonga is a passionate tech news writer with a deep interest in smartphones and related technologies. He is a staff writer at Mobitrends.co.ke.
