How many updates will the Samsung Galaxy S23 series get?
Are you planning to buy a phone from the Samsung Galaxy S23 series? We explain here how many new Android versions and security updates you can count on in the coming years.
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Samsung Galaxy S23 updates
Samsung has launched its latest high-end smartphones with the Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus and the Galaxy S23 Ultra and they are already in stores. But before you buy one, it’s important to know how many new Android versions the phones will get and how long Samsung will provide them with security updates.
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With the Galaxy S23 series, Samsung is committed to reducing its impact on the environment, and sustainability is an important aspect of that. To extend the life of a phone, you also have to take steps in the field of software. And that’s where the update policy comes in. In this case, longer update support is always better.
Android upgrades and security updates
Such an update policy then consists of two parts Android upgrades and security updates. Every year, Google releases a new Android version. It comes with new features but also with improvements in the field of security. In addition, Google gives its Pixel phones a security update every month. Smartphone manufacturers also release these for their phones. Without security updates, your phone will continue to work, but as with any phone that is no longer supported, you do run a security risk. In the future, malicious parties can abuse vulnerabilities on the phone, which will be remedied in other devices via a security update.
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How many updates will the Samsung Galaxy S23 get?
Now we come to the Samsung Galaxy S23 series. These phones also receive updates and new Android versions. Samsung gives them four Android versions and five years of security updates. They now run on One UI 5.1 and that software is based on Android 13. That means they get Android 14, Android 15, Android 16 and Android 17. Google usually launches this Android version in the summer. Samsung usually rolls them out to the Galaxy S series before the end of that year.
If Samsung does not change its update policy for the coming years, you can count on the following updates and deadlines.
| Android version | Availability (subject to change) |
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Android 14 |
Start roll-out at the end of 2023 |
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Android 15 |
Start roll-out at the end of 2024 |
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Android 16 |
Start roll-out at the end of 2025 |
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Android 17 |
Start roll-out at the end of 2026 |
Samsung gives the Galaxy S23 series security updates for five years. You can therefore count on security updates until February 2028. You will receive them monthly and then quarterly.
| Security updates | |
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Monthly |
Until early 2026 |
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Quarterly |
After early 2026 |
All in all, Samsung gives its Galaxy S23 series very good update support. With its update policy, Samsung belongs to the top of the smartphone market. Adjustments to that policy can of course be made in the coming years, but those adjustments will always lead to an improvement. After all, Samsung made the promise: “Four generations of OS upgrades and five years of security updates”.
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