A Samsung executive announced that security update support for Galaxy devices may extend beyond five years. No information was shared about whether we will see a similar move on the operating system side. This move by Samsung came after Google announced that it would provide 7 years of software support for Pixel devices.
Google introduced its new flagship phones, the Pixel 8 series, last week. One of the most important innovations announced with these devices was software support. The company stated that it would provide software update support (both security and operating system) to phones for 7 years and went ahead of other companies.
If today from Samsung It turned out that a similar move was coming. Before Google’s announcement, the South Korean technology giant, which was the leader in the Android ecosystem in terms of software support, stated that it planned to support Galaxy phones for a longer period of time.
Samsung plans to provide security updates to its phones for more than five years
Shin-Chul Baik, an executive at Samsung, answered SamMobile’s questions during last week’s developer conference. Baik for Galaxy phones security updates for more than five years He stated that they wanted to present this plan and that this plan was discussed in the company.
We can say that one of the reasons for this move by Samsung is to respond to Google. However, Baik states that regulations that put pressure on smartphone manufacturers to extend update support are also effective.
There is no information yet on whether operating system updates will be extended or not.
Your explanations, security updates only Let us state that it covers. Whether operating system updates will be extended There is no information about it yet. However, it is possible that we will see a move in this regard in the future to get ahead of Google.
Samsung currently offers 5 years of security update support and 4 years of operating system update support for its mid-segment and flagship devices. The company, which offers products at all levels, updates more than 1 billion Galaxy devices monthly and more than 10 billion annually.
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