How long will the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ be supported?

Last updated: September 22nd, 2020 at 12:21 UTC+01:00

Samsung was previously committed to providing only two major Os upgrades for its Android smartphones. This meant that two years was as long every bit the Milky way S9 and Galaxy S9+ were going to be supported. It came with Android viii.0 out of the box and has since received its Android ix.0 and Android x updates.

The Galaxy S9 and Milky way S9+ will not receive another major Android Os upgrade. However, Samsung does have the power to bring additional features to the devices through new One UI updates. Information technology has done that this yr and it's quite possible it may do then again in the coming months.

Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ no longer supported for Android upgrades

Samsung announced final month that it's going to support select devices for three Android OS upgrades. The eligible devices don't include Galaxy S models released before the Galaxy S10. All previous models are not eligible.

So this leaves the Galaxy S9 and Milky way S9+ out of luck. It did accept anybody past surprise when information technology announced that One UI two.1 is going to be released for these handsets. Samsung eventually released 1 UI 2.1 for the Galaxy S9 and Milky way S9+ iii months ago. The new update brought features like Music Share, Quick Share, Single Take, the new camera zoom interface and more than.

One UI is Samsung's custom pare and it's not appreciative to Android. Even though these devices won't get another major Android OS upgrade, Samsung is free to release some other One UI update if it deems fit. The visitor might actually be thinking about that.

Samsung revealed the list of devices that volition receive One UI ii.v terminal month and it includes both of these handsets. Recall, this iteration of One UI was introduced with the Galaxy Note 20 serial. It volition be very impressive if Samsung releases the update for the 2018 flagships. The company hasn't confirmed exactly when it's going to send out this update.

As for the question of how long will the Milky way S9 be supported, new Android upgrades are out of the question and One UI ii.5 might mayhap be the last update of its kind for these devices. Samsung will continue to provide security updates for another year. The Milky way S9 and Galaxy S9+ are currently on the monthly bike for security updates. They will somewhen be demoted to the quarterly cycle the Galaxy S8 and Milky way S8+ are on at present before software support completely dries upward.

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