Last year, Samsung introduced a new software policy of at least four years of security updates for almost all smartphones and tablets. But the company did not clarify the frequency of updates. Now, we know that for some of the budget devices.
Samsung launched the Galaxy Ax0s series of smartphones in 2019. The lineup includes a total of five devices, namely Galaxy A10s, Galaxy A20s, Galaxy A30s, Galaxy A50s, and Galaxy 70s.
According to SamMobile, the last four models have been now demoted to biannual security updates. Whereas, the first phone was already demoted in September.
All these handsets have one thing in common. They debuted with One UI based on Android 9.0 Pie and they have received two major One UI updates in the form of One UI 2.x (Android 10) and One UI 3.x (Android 11).
On top of that, these phones are also eligible for four years of security updates. But now, as the phones have become a little older than two years, they have been pushed to biannual security updates from quarterly security updates.
This means for the next two years, they will be only receiving four security updates in total. Going by this, we can expect the similarly positioned handsets to get only biannual security updates once they receive their last major One UI update.
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