Samsung Stops Launching Monthly Updates For Galaxy S21 Series

Samsung Galaxy S21 series (photo: dock. Samsung)

JAKARTA The Samsung Galaxy S21 series is four years old so this type of phone will get fewer updates starting this year. If previously the update appeared every month, now it is no longer.

On the Security Update Job Coverage page, Samsung lowered the standard Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra update schedule to quarterly or every three months. This means that these three devices will only receive four updates this year.

This change only applies to the three phones because the Galaxy S21 FE still gets a monthly update. If you are four years old, the phone will also have the same fate as the other S21 series, which is an update every three months.

This change is not surprising because Samsung often does it. The older the device, the more rarely it will be received. This is done so that Samsung can focus on improving the newer model of the cellphone.

The Galaxy S21 series only gets a major operating system (OS) update for four years and a security update for five years. This means that as of January or February next year, the company will stop updating the phone.

Meanwhile, its main OS support will officially expire after the S21 series receives the Android 15 update widely. Most likely, this OS will be accepted along with One UI 7. After that, its OS support will also be discontinued.

Four-year and security OS updates for five years are still in effect in several other Galaxy S series. Devices that have been supported by Android OS updates and security over seven years are the Galaxy S24 and newer devices.