What that you must know
- Samsung’s safety updates web page now not lists the Galaxy S20 sequence, that means its software program assist has formally come to a detailed.
- After receiving a “Quarterly” extension in 2024, the S20 flagship trio will now not be up to date; nevertheless, the S20 FE can keep a bit longer.
- Samsung has shifted to a seven-year assist cycle for its telephones, however that promise won’t embody that sentiment to the core.
Whereas many individuals coveted the Galaxy S20 sequence, April marks the tip of it within the eyes of Samsung.
The top of OS and safety replace assist for the Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Extremely was made obvious in an up to date Samsung safety updates web page (through 9to5Google). The once-flagship trio are now not listed on the corporate’s Month-to-month, Quarterly, or Biannual replace cadence sections. This comes after the Galaxy S20 sequence was moved from Month-to-month to Quarterly a 12 months in the past throughout Samsung’s software program extension period.
After downloading the March 2025 safety patch, customers with these telephones will (for positive) now not see an replace from Samsung. The publication highlights the potential for one other safety replace; nevertheless, that can possible solely be in probably the most excessive instances for extreme vulnerabilities.
Whereas the S20 trio exits, Samsung’s Galaxy S20 FE (and its 5G variant) stays. The corporate’s safety web page lists the system underneath its Quarterly replace part. The FE variant is probably going in for 2 extra updates, one in Q2 and one other in Q3, earlier than it bids farewell, too.
The Galaxy S20 sequence ought to’ve come to a detailed a 12 months in the past; nevertheless, Samsung introduced it could transfer the gadgets from Month-to-month to Quarterly patches in April 2024. After initially launching in 2020, the Korean OEM promised 4 years of software program assist for the trio. The telephones would obtain three main OS upgrades (Android 10 to 13) and 4 years of safety updates.
With that, 2024 ought to’ve been the tip — however Samsung noticed in any other case for a number of gadgets with fairly a brief assist cycle. Other than the S20 sequence and its FE mannequin, Samsung prolonged assist for the Galaxy Observe 20 and Galaxy Observe 20 Extremely, too. After all, this solely involved safety patches, as none of those gadgets grabbed Android 14.
It is also value mentioning that, just like the Galaxy S24 sequence, Samsung has moved towards seven years of software program assist. The Galaxy S25 additionally obtained this therapy; nevertheless, there’s extra to unravel for its predecessors as “seven years of assist” is not what most customers suppose. In actuality, whereas the S24 will obtain Android 21 (in 2031, probably), the system will possible need to miss out on main One UI options.
Samsung EVP and head of Framework R&D, Sally, highlighted the main toll its AI takes on a telephone’s {hardware} in One UI 7. As such, a lot of its past-gen telephones won’t obtain the subsequent improve’s Private Information Engine, as it is too reliant on the present {hardware} supplied by the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
