Galaxy Fold 5G and four other smartphones will no longer be updated by Samsung

February 3, 2021 Joe Kenehan

Samsung will no longer provide any security updates for four smartphones released in 2017. These would be the Galaxy J3 Pop, Galaxy A5 2017, Galaxy A3 2017 and Galaxy A7 2017. However, Samsung has also reportedly removed the Galaxy Fold. 5G phones eligible for upgrades.

Last year, Samsung promised 3 generations of updates on its Galaxy. It may therefore seem very surprising to see the Galaxy Gold 5G, released at the end of 2019, appearing on the list of phones that will no longer receive updates. Yet this is what Android Police reports. The site notes that it could simply be a mistake on the part of the Korean giant, because it is hard to imagine that a smartphone at more than 2000 euros to be put aside so quickly.

Samsung had recently stirred up controversy when users discovered that the new Galaxy S21s still do not support fast Android updates. However, it isa feature that will soon be 5 years old, but Google has never forced manufacturers to adopt it.

Some Samsung smartphones like the Galaxy A8 2018 will no longer receive monthly updates

One day or another, manufacturers stop updating some smartphones, especially due to aging components or because of the excessive costs that this entails. In addition to stopping updates for the Galaxy J3 Pop, Galaxy A5 2017, Galaxy A3 2017 and Galaxy A7 2017, Samsung also announced significant changes for other phones.

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Indeed, the Galaxy A8 2018 also sees its schedule of updates be turned upside down. This will only receive quarterly updates, rather than monthly. The Galaxy A8s, it passes to the category “other regular updates”. Finally, the Galaxy A02 and M12, which have yet to be officially announced, are also joining the list of smartphones receiving quarterly updates. Newer smartphones such as Galaxy S9, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S21, Galaxy Note 9, Note 10 and Note 20 are they still eligible for monthly updates.

Source: Android Police