In Samsung’s Galaxy unpacked event, the brand announced that some of its devices will be supported for up to three years. That is, such devices will be eligible for about three (3) generations of Android OS upgrades. Cool right?
During the event however, they weren’t specific as to what smartphones or tablets are exactly eligible for the three year major OS upgrades. Recall that the devices announced in the event launched with Android 10. So, the eligible devices will be upgraded to Android 11, 12, and 13, respectively. So the question is, what devices qualify for this 3-year upgrade? Well, here they are-
Samsung Galaxy S series phones
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
- Galaxy S20+ 5G
- Galaxy S20 5G
- Galaxy S20
- Galaxy S10 5G
- Galaxy S10+
- Galaxy S10
- Galaxy S10e
- Galaxy S10 Lite
- …and upcoming S series devices
Galaxy Note Series devices
- Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G
- Galaxy Note20 Ultra
- Galaxy Note20 5G
- Galaxy Note20
- Galaxy Note10+ 5G
- Galaxy Note10+
- Galaxy Note10 5G
- Galaxy Note10
- Galaxy Note10 Lite
- …and upcoming Note series devices
Galaxy Foldable series devices
- Galaxy Z Fold2 5G
- Galaxy Z Fold2
- Galaxy Z Flip 5G
- Galaxy Z Flip
- Galaxy Fold 5G
- …and upcoming Z series devices
Galaxy A series devices
- Galaxy A71 5G
- Galaxy A71
- Galaxy A51 5G
- Galaxy A51
- Galaxy A90 5G
- …and select upcoming A series devices
Galaxy Tablets
- Galaxy Tab S7+ 5G
- Galaxy Tab S7+
- Galaxy Tab S7 5G
- Galaxy Tab S7
- Galaxy Tab S6 5G
- Galaxy Tab S6
- Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
- …and upcoming Tab S series devices
The Galaxy A series will be supported, as seen in the few devices mentioned. But unlike other series, only a few upcoming A series smartphones will be eligible for 3-yrs major Android OS upgrade. Such ineligible devices will still fall back to the normal 2-yr OS upgrades. Compared to some other brands than barely release monthly security patches to their devices, you can make do with (assured) 2 years major OS upgrade.