Samsung recently announced that some of its current smartphones (2019 and newer) will receive security patches for at least four years after release. This news has created a buzz in the Android world, as virtually no other manufacturer offers such an advantage. However, along with this, questions have arisen as to whether support for flagship models will differ from support for others. Now Samsung has removed the veil of secrecy: smartphones will be updated differently depending on the model and relevance.
New high-end and enterprise devices will receive security patches every month, and mid-range gadgets and legacy flagship models will be updated quarterly. Over time, the speed of distribution of patches will decrease: in the last (fourth) year of support, devices will begin to receive two security updates.
⚠️ All information below is relevant at the time of this writing, for brevity, conventional and 5G models are combined (if the information is relevant for both versions).
Which devices receive monthly security patches
- Galaxy Fold, Galaxy Z Fold2, Galaxy Z Flip.
- Galaxy S9 и S9+, Galaxy S10 и S10+, Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 5G, Galaxy S10 Lite.
- Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Galaxy S20 FE, Galaxy S21 5G, Galaxy S21+ 5G, Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G.
- Galaxy Note9, Galaxy Note10 и Note10+, Galaxy Note10 Lite, Galaxy Note20 и Note20 Ultra.
- Corporate models: Galaxy A50, Galaxy XCover4s, Galaxy Xcover FieldPro, Galaxy Xcover Pro, Galaxy Xcover5.
Which devices receive quarterly security patches
- Galaxy S8, S8+ и S8 Active.
- Galaxy Note8.
- Galaxy A2 Core, Galaxy A10, Galaxy A10e, Galaxy A10s, Galaxy A20, Galaxy A20e, Galaxy A20s, Galaxy A30, Galaxy A30s, Galaxy A40, Galaxy A50s, Galaxy A60, Galaxy A70, Galaxy A70s, Galaxy A80, Galaxy A90 5G
- Galaxy A01, Galaxy A01 Core, Galaxy A11, Galaxy A21, Galaxy A21s, Galaxy A31, Galaxy A41, Galaxy A51, Galaxy A71.
- Galaxy A02, Galaxy A02s, Galaxy A12, Galaxy A32, Galaxy A42 5G.
- Galaxy M10s, Galaxy M30, Galaxy M30s, Galaxy M40.
- Galaxy M01, Galaxy M11, Galaxy M21, Galaxy M31, Galaxy M31s, Galaxy M51, Galaxy M12.
- Galaxy F62.
- Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019), Galaxy Tab A 8 (2019), Galaxy Tab A с S pen, Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), Galaxy Tab A7, Galaxy Tab Active2, Galaxy Tab Active Pro, Galaxy Tab Active3.
- Galaxy Tab S5e, Galaxy Tab S6 и Tab S6 Lite, Galaxy Tab S7 и Tab S7+, Galaxy View2
- W20 5G, W21 5G.
- Corporate models: Galaxy A8 (2018).
Which devices receive security patches twice a year
- Galaxy S8 Lite, Galaxy Note FE.
- Galaxy A6 and 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.
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