Samsung just launched the Galaxy S25 lineup which will receive 7 years of Android updates. Now it’s also confirmed that the phone supports Google‘s “Seamless updates”, a feature that reduces downtime during the completion of the update.
Interestingly, the S25 series isn’t the first from Samsung to support this feature. Samsung offered this feature to Galaxy users with last year’s Galaxy A55. As Vlad from GSMArena noted, rolling out the feature to the A series first “was meant to test the waters”.
What is “seamless updates” and how does it work?
This Android feature allows your device to install a software update in the background while the phone remains functional. This process is also known as A/B system updates. It utilizes two separate system partitions (A and B), where the update is applied to the inactive partition (B) while the user continues using the active partition (A). After the installation is completed, the device can be simply restarted to switch to the updated partition (B).
So how much time it saves depends on the time it takes to apply the update to the inactive portion. Based on what we have previously seen with this feature, restarting the device takes only slightly longer than a normal reboot. And those who don’t have access to this feature yet can look for the ‘Install overnight’ or similar option if the downtime feels painful. Many custom skins at least have this feature.
In other aspects, the Galaxy S25 series packs the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a bunch of new AI features and only a few minor hardware upgrades such as a new 50MP ultrawide in the Ultra model that now supports 8K recording.
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