Software updates have long been a major weakness for Android devices. CGoogle has worked to improve this with more frequent updates and features like seamless updates for a better user experience. However, widespread adoption of seamless updates by major manufacturers has been slow. That’s finally changing with the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G, the company’s first phone to support this feature. Here are the details…

Samsung Galaxy A55 5G, 1st Samsung Phone to get Seamless Updates

If you don’t know, seamless update is a technology introduced by Google with Android 13. It enables major Android updates to be installed in the background on a separate system partition. Once ready, you essentially experience a quick reboot to switch to the updated partition, minimizing downtime.

Now this feature is spreading. In fact, the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G became the first Samsung phone to receive the “Seamless Updates” feature. Thanks to this feature, A55 5G users will be able to download and install updates in the background and the changes will take effect when the phone is restarted. Thus, the waiting time for downloads has been eliminated. Unfortunately, it is not yet clear when and in which regions this feature will be available for Galaxy A55 5G devices.

The Galaxy A55 5G is likely just the start for Samsung’s rollout of this feature. We expect to see it in many upcoming Samsung models, including the Galaxy S24 series. However, if your current phone is a few years old, you might not be able to access this feature. If you’re interested in using it, consider checking which Samsung devices are eligable with the latest Android version.

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