Is the Samsung Galaxy A50 still supported?
End-of-support date: February 2023.
Support ended
Official promiseFebruary 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 A50
How long will the Galaxy A50 get updates?
Its support has ended. Samsung delivered two OS upgrades (Android 9 to Android 11) and about four years of security patches, with the last arriving in early 2023.
What was special about the Galaxy A50?
It was the phone that made the modern A-series popular, pairing a big AMOLED screen, triple camera and an in-display fingerprint sensor at a mid-range price.
Should I still buy a Galaxy A50 in 2026?
Only as a very cheap secondary phone. With no patches since 2023 it is not safe for sensitive accounts.
Safer alternatives
All three carry a GREEN Safe-to-Buy badge today.
Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from the manufacturer's official policy, last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.