Samsung is an industry leader when it comes to Android OS and security updates. There are only a few Android manufacturers that can match the four years of Android OS and five years of security updates that it provides. Never one to rest on its laurels, the company is now actively considering to expand the […]

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Samsung is an industry leader when it comes to Android OS and security updates. There are only a few Android manufacturers that can match the four years of Android OS and five years of security updates that it provides. Never one to rest on its laurels, the company is now actively considering to expand the […]

  • Gunpachi@lemmings.worldEnglish
    301·
    9 months ago

    They have a ton of phone models, it’s gonna be difficult task for them to maintain all of them beyond 5 years.

    The 5+ years updates could be just for their flagship/premium line up.

    • sheogorath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      9 months ago

      Yep, AFAIK their current policy of 4 years upgrade only covers devices that use One UI (the lower end models uses One UI Core which have some features stripped). So that means only A5x and up devices.

      • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        That’s not been true for a while. The A3x series, the latest M34 and starting from A24, A2x series also enjoy that same promise as more expensive devices