Only some devices getting it, Samsung confirms

Aug 18, 2020 05:34 GMT  ·  By

One of the biggest issues with Samsung’s Android devices was the limited OS upgrades that the company offered, as smartphones and tablets only receive two major Android releases after which all they got was security patches.

Samsung confirmed at its Unpacked event earlier this month that the policy would be upgraded to 3 different Android updates, and now the company provides a closer look at the whole thing in a new announcement.

More specifically, Samsung says that only a few devices would be getting three years of Android upgrades, and all of them are part of the Galaxy lineups, both on phones and tablets.

Who’s getting the upgrades and who doesn’t?

Here are the devices getting three years of Android upgrades, according to Samsung:  

  • Galaxy S series: Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, S20 Ultra, S20+ 5G, S20+, S20 5G, S20 in addition to S10 5G, S10+, S10, S10e, S10 Lite and upcoming S series devices
  • Galaxy Note series: Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, Note20 Ultra, Note20 5G, Note20, Note10+ 5G, Note10+, Note10 5G, Note10, Note10 Lite and upcoming Note series devices
  • Galaxy Foldable devices: Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, Z Fold2, Z Flip 5G, Z Flip, Fold 5G, Fold and upcoming Z series devices
  • Galaxy A series: Galaxy A71 5G, A71, A51 5G, A51, A90 5G and select upcoming A series devices
  • Tablets: Galaxy Tab S7+ 5G, Tab S7+, Tab S7 5G3, Tab S7, Tab S6 5G4, Tab S6, Tab S6 Lite and upcoming Tab S series devices

Needless to say, if you stick with the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note lineup, you can be sure that you’ll always benefit from the latest changes in terms of updates too.

However, as you can see in the list above, one device that’s left behind is the Galaxy Note9, which would no longer receive any other Android update going forward.