Samsung Introduces A New Security Update Programme For Its Users

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There is a variety of smartphones available in the market at this point and each one of them boasts about having its own unique features. But with such a wide range of smartphones available in the market, the competition among different brands also keeps on increasing. With every brand competing for the top position with the latest specifications, Samsung has taken a noteworthy initiative that a lot of brands have ignored in the past and still ignore, the long-term software support.

The South Korean conglomerate has decided to tackle the long-standing issue of long-term software support and made an announcement they will be offering software security support for all the smartphones launched by the company in 2019 and after. These smartphones will get security updates for four years. The devices that will be compatible with this update are Samsung’s Flagship S, Z and Fold series, along with the Note series, the A-series, M-series and some other devices.

Users need to keep in mind that these are the security updates offered by Samsung and the usual Android OS updates. Hence, the next four Android versions will not be available to you but the four years of promised security by Samsung will still be an important aspect for keeping the device for a longer time.

The frequency update, however, of all the compatible Samsung devices may vary. Some of these devices may receive monthly security patch updates while others may receive a quarterly security patch update. This entire development came into place after the South Korean tech giant announced the Android update for three years for its Galaxy series smartphone in 2020.

The company is now introducing monthly and quarterly updates to the Galaxy phones extending an extra layer of security to them. These updates will be in place for the Galaxy S, Galaxy Note, Galaxy A, Galaxy M, Galaxy Z, and Galaxy XCover smartphone series. The Galaxy Tab tablet lineup will also receive a similar update. This comes as welcome news as the company did not possess the best reputation when it came to updating its devices.

After this announcement, Samsung has followed in Google’s footsteps to biome the second company that provides faster updates to its smartphones.

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Here is a list of Samsung devices that will be compatible with this new security update:

Samsung flagship devices 

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold series which includes Fold 5G, Z Fold2, Z Fold2 5G, Z Flip, and Z Flip 5G is supported.

Talking about Galaxy S series, Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, S10 5G, S10 Lite, S20, S20 5G, S20+, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra, S20 Ultra 5G, S20 FE, S20 FE 5G, S21 5G, S21+ 5G, and S21 Ultra 5G are the supported devices.

Along with this, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Note 10 5G, Note 10+, Note 10+ 5G, Note 10 Lite, Note 20, Note 20 5G, Note 20 Ultra, and Note 20 Ultra 5G will also support these security updates.

Samsung mid-range devices 

The mid-range devices by Samsung that will be compatible with this security update are the Galaxy A10, A10e, A10s, A20, A20s, A30, A30s, A40, A50, A50s, A60, A70, A70s, A80, A90 5G, A11, A21, A21s, A31, A41, A51, A51 5G, A71, A71 5G, A02s, A12, A32 5G, and A42 5G in the A-series.

Along with this, the M series devices, the Galaxy M10s, M20, M30, M30s, M40, M11, M12, M21, M31, M31s, M51 will be supported in this security update programme.

Other devices

The Samsung Galaxy XCover4s, XCover FieldPro, and XCover Pro are some additional devices that will be supported under this program. The Samsung Galaxy Tab series is also included in this list of devices with the Galaxy Tab Active Pro, Tab Active3, Tab A 8 (2019), Tab A with S Pen, Tab A 8.4 (2020), Tab A7, Tab S5e, Tab S6, Tab S6 5G, Tab S6 Lite, Tab S7, and the latest Tab S7+.

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