Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will only receive quarterly security updates now

Concluding updated: May 4th, 2020 at 12:32 UTC+01:00

Samsung doesn't release more two major Android OS updates for its devices and doesn't actually continue flagship devices on the monthly release schedule for security updates beyond three years. That's simply the way information technology is and there's no indication of this changing any time soon.

With the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ at present crossing that threshold, it's no surprise that the company has shifted both of these devices to the quarterly cycle. That means both of these devices will no longer receive monthly security updates.

No more monthly security updates for the Galaxy S8/S8+

Samsung had been sending out monthly security updates for these handsets upwardly till now, releasing one just last month which brought the April 2020 security patch. Given that the Galaxy S8/S8+ hit shelves on April 21, 2017, information technology has been a total 3 years since these devices were released.

It was nigh time that Samsung shifted them from the monthly update bike to the quarterly cycle, and it has done just that now. What does beingness on the quarterly schedule mean exactly? Samsung will simply bundle all of the security updates in one firmware update that's going to be sent out one time every quarter.

There was apparently no question of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ getting the Android 10 update. They take received the two major Os updates that they were entitled to. Going forward, these devices will only receive ane update per quarter. No new features have been added to the devices for quite some fourth dimension at present anyway, then there'south no use expecting that the side by side update volition bring anything other than the security patch.

The Milky way S8 Active is yet on the monthly update bike. It arrived in August 2017 so it nevertheless has a ways to go before hit the iii-twelvemonth threshold after which it will likewise be relegated to the quarterly cycle.