The world’s second largest smartphone manufacturer, Samsung, announced that the update support for the Galaxy S9 series, which was released in 2018, has ended. After the models that were officially removed from the company’s Android program, all eyes were turned to the Galaxy S10 series, which was presented to users a year later.
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Galaxy S10 series says goodbye to monthly security updates
Launched in 2019, the series has yet to be excluded from Samsung’s Android update plan. In fact, phones that have recently received Android 12-based One UI 4.1 version are expected to receive security updates for at least one more year. Regarding the major Android update, we can say that the doors are completely closed with One UI 4.1.
From now on, Samsung will only give quarterly security updates to the Galaxy S10 series, which it has supported with monthly security updates since its launch. As it will be remembered, the same was true for the Galaxy S9 series, whose status update support was completely terminated. This decision S10, S10+ and S10e It should be noted that the S10 5G and S10 Lite models will continue to receive monthly updates.
One of the popular models of the A series Galaxy A50 It will also be supported by quarterly security updates. The smartphones in question will continue to receive security updates for a while until they share the same fate with the Galaxy S9 series and older models, whose support has ended.
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