Galaxy S22 cooks its own update soup

For years, Samsung has persistently refused to adopt a practical Android feature that significantly reduces annoying waiting during updates. After the presentation of the Galaxy S22, it became clear that the South Koreans would not move away from the new smartphone flagship.

Updates are an annoying thing. It feels like they take ages to load and then you can be patient for 15 to 20 minutes until everything is installed and every app is updated. To shorten the waiting time, Google has come up with a clever feature: “Seamless Updates”. On that of all things but does without the Galaxy S22.

Samsung Galaxy S22 without Seamless Updates

The name says it all here, because with the Since 2016, Google has significantly accelerated the update process for Android smartphones with Seamless Updates. Since then, simply speaking, updates are first downloaded in the background and installed on an invisible hard drive that contains a copy of the Android operating system. When restarting, the Android smartphone now switches to this updated hard drive.

Annoying waiting until the update is installed and every app has been updated is no longer necessary. It is all the more regrettable that Samsung’s new top smartphones once again do without this practical feature (source: 9to5Google). Neither the Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 Plus nor Galaxy S22 Ultra will support seamless updates.

Samsung is thus continuing a questionable tradition as the industry leader has refused to adopt this handy Android feature for almost six years.

The Samsung Galaxy S22 hands-on:

Samsung remains the prime example when it comes to software updates

The bottom line is that Samsung remains an absolute prime example when it comes to software updates, and the lack of seamless updates doesn’t change that. No manufacturer delivers updates to its users so quickly and for such a long time. Recently even for four years.