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Samsung has a change of heart regarding security updates for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

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Vlad 07 August 2019

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Back in June Samsung decided that the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are old enough that they don't warrant receiving quarterly security updates anymore, so the company bumped them into a category that gets "other" (read: less frequent) updates. That wasn't a huge surprise considering the phones were launched more than three years ago, but now Samsung has changed its mind.

Both the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are back on the quarterly security updates train, and this is great news for owners of these devices, regardless of what the reasoning for such a move may be. Even Google only promises three years of security updates for its Pixel devices, so the fact that the S7 and S7 edge are still going to receive some of these is definitely commendable, even if they won't arrive monthly.

Samsung has a change of heart regarding security updates for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

On the other hand, the Korean company has been treating unlocked flagship models sold in the US quite badly on the software update front, so if you're over there you should probably consider the fact that this cadence may only apply to carrier-sold units. It's a shame, but it's better to be prepared for this possibility than be negatively surprised when you don't see any more security updates on your unlocked model.

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  • Note9 User
  • nF4
  • 16 Aug 2019

That's great, time will tell how great.

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  • WieX
  • uCc
  • 13 Aug 2019

It's Samsung, it doesn't matter. You will never get the update.

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  • Zion
  • utX
  • 09 Aug 2019

I never got monthly updates even when it was supposed to. I never got quarterly updates even when it was supposed to. Which page samsung puts the phone in almost doesn't matter.

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