Is the Samsung Galaxy A21s still supported?
End-of-support date: June 2023.
Support ended
Our estimateJune 2023
Source: Samsung's official policy · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the Galaxy A21s
How long will the Galaxy A21s get updates?
Support has ended. The A21s received roughly two OS upgrades (to Android 12) and about three years of security patches, ending around 2023.
How big is the Galaxy A21s battery?
It packs a 5000mAh battery, which delivers strong all-day-plus battery life thanks to the efficient Exynos 850 chip and HD+ screen.
What Android version did the Galaxy A21s ship with?
It launched on Android 10 with One UI Core and was later updated as far as Android 12.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from documented update history (estimate — see our methodology), last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.