Samsung Promises At Least Four Years of Security Software Updates for Recent Galaxy Devices
Summary
Samsung, unlike Apple, has multiple lines of smartphone devices, making it significantly harder to maintain all of them with frequent software updates. Apple software releases typically support a range of older devices that have been superseded by newer models and are no longer sold by the company. Samsung previously provided updates for its devices for at least two years after it initially launched, so the new announcement effectively doubles the timeframe. The tier is typically only reserved for devices that Samsung no longer supports, but still receives updates, without a fixed time schedule. The A series, its low-end family of Galaxy devices, will receive software updates "until hardware allows," according to a statement provided to The Verge.