Update policies of various smartphone brands
Update policies of various smartphone brands
By:Abhishek Malhotra, The Mobile Indian, New Delhi
Last updated : March 01, 2021 12:13 pm
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Software experience constitutes half of the smartphone experience while the other half is based on the hardware quality. Software experience is further enhanced with updates, most importantly the newest version of Android which is released by Google, followed by security patches.
Google releases a new Android version every year (Android 12 for 2021) and smartphone makers start working on their respective software skins to make it adapt to the latest Android version with features, UI changes and more. Talking about the security patches, dozens of security flaws are discovered in components of Android each month, which is why Google releases monthly security patches.
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We weren’t joking a few weeks ago when we called Samsung the “King of Android Updates.” I know that declaration took some by surprise, but we’ve been tracking Samsung’s update progress for a number of years and are comfortable saying it. In news today, Samsung has further extended their update support and is telling you to get on board with us, assuming you had doubts.
While Samsung has already provided four years of security patches to many of its top Galaxy S and Galaxy Note phones, their wording is changing now so that they could add more years on. Certain Samsung phones will now receive “