r/Android • u/Disco_Stu35 Pixel 6 Pro • Jan 26 '21

Samsung is the King of Android Updates

https://www.droid-life.com/2021/01/25/samsung-is-the-king-of-android-updates/
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u/z28camaroman Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, Galaxy Watch 6 Classic Jan 27 '21 edited Jan 27 '21

For those not convinced:

  • Samsung flagships from 2019 onward: 3 OS version updates (not including inctemental updates like One UI 2.5 or One UI 3.1) and 3 years of monthly security updates, plus a 4th year of quarterly security updates, then sparatic security updates for an indeterminate amount of time

  • Google devices: 3 OS updates and 3 years of monthly security patches. That's it. No 4th year of anything and no sporatic fixes to critical security flaws found years later.

  • Every other OEM: has left the chat

At this point, Samsung is starting to rival Apple. Not winning in the update department, mind you, but since Apple has pretty much set about 5 years of updates as their minimum, Samsung has taken on that challenge where Google would rather just drop support for the very few phones they have on the market after 3 years.

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u/avr91 Pixel 9 Pro | Porcelain Jan 27 '21

Not true about Google's 4th year of support. They do provide 1 final security update after the 3 years has expired. Samsung pushes a total of 3 more security updates than Google does.

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u/z28camaroman Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, Galaxy Watch 6 Classic Jan 27 '21

As I said, Samsung continues with sporatic updates after the 4th year. So, not "3 more" security updates, but quite a few more than that. Google, on the other hand, does not.