Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Samsung has reinstated the Galaxy Note 20 series to monthly safety updates.
- Earlier this week, the Galaxy S20 series and Note 20 series have been demoted to quarterly safety updates.
- The Galaxy S20 FE will additionally continue receiving monthly safety updates.
Samsung has constructed a popularity for offering a few of the finest software program assist amongst Android telephone makers, however issues weren’t all the time this good.
Samsung’s 2020 flagships, together with the Galaxy S20 series, have already acquired their remaining main Android OS updates. (*20*), they have been nonetheless included within the monthly safety replace cycle till just lately. Just a few days in the past, Samsung lastly demoted them to quarterly safety updates — a typical step as gadgets attain the top of their software program assist lifecycle.
The Galaxy Note 20 series and Galaxy S20 FE additionally suffered the identical destiny. This was a bit shocking because the Note 20 series and the Galaxy S20 FE have been each launched a lot later in 2020, giving them not less than a couple of extra months of monthly safety assist.
(*20*), Samsung seems to have reversed this choice. An replace to the Work Scope web page has moved the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra (4G and 5G variants) again to the monthly safety replace schedule. The Galaxy S20 FE has been reinstated again to monthly safety updates, too.
While that is excellent news for now, it’s probably only a reprieve. These gadgets are nearing the top of their safety assist. It’s anticipated that, inside a couple of months, the Galaxy Note 20 series and the S20 FE will formally transition to a quarterly safety patch schedule.