Earlier this year, Samsung surprised by announcing 7 years of support for the Galaxy S24 series. As part of a further policy adjustment, the Galaxy S20 series will continue to receive security patches what is the exact time to stop being updated. A new twist from the Korean company.
The update guidelines for the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 indicated that they should receive three years of Android system updates and four security patches. But now everything has changed, as the company is extending the software support cycle for the Galaxy S20.
SamMobile discovered that Galaxy S20 and Note 20 series appeared in April security bulletin. That is, these devices are mentioned in the company’s quarterly security update list, so they will receive a security patch every three months.
What Samsung did was leave last year so that every quarter Older devices will be updated, but with this change, those with a Galaxy S20 should receive security patches over the next year, although at a lower frequency.
What the Korean manufacturer actually does is close the door to any vulnerabilities that may exist next year and extend the life of this series which should have been abandoned to its fate.
What about the Galaxy Note 20 and S20 FE?
Those that fared poorly were the Galaxy S20 FE and Note 20, since They were launched a few months after the Galaxy S20 series and they should continue to be updated with security patches every month, at least to completely close their cycle. It won’t be like that.
The Galaxy Note 20 was launched in August 2020 and the Galaxy 20 FE two months later in October. Being in April, one would have four months of security patches and the other six more respectively.
And according to Android FontFinally Samsung also included them on this list They will receive a security patch every three months. Now it is unclear whether the Korean company will decide next year to add another year of security patches so that they remain secure devices without vulnerabilities that could endanger their owners’ data.
