There is always an end to everything with a beginning. That is a popular mantra and it seems to apply presently to the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Samsung has announced the end of software support for the 2016 flagship models.
This is coming after four years since the models were launched. The two models were already in the quarterly Security update cycle and had just received the March 2020 security patch last month. The models have now be delisted from Samsung’s Android Security Updates device database. Curiously, the Galaxy S7 Active is still listed to receive quarterly security patches but that is maybe because it was launched after the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The S7 Active may not be listed for long. However, 4 straight years of security support Is an impressive one from the Korean giant.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge were launched in 2016 with ANdroid 6.0 Marshmallow onboard. Samsung released two full Android version updates, that is Android 7 and Android 8.0 Oreo which was the last it got in 2018. Since then, the phones have received quarterly security updates which seems to have now ended. The S7 series launch was beclouded by the Galaxy Note 7 which launched a few months later but became ill-fated as a result of defective batteries that resulted in several exploding units.
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