Is the Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018) still supported?
End-of-support date: May 2021.
Support ended
Our estimateMay 2021
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 A6+ (2018)
How long will the Galaxy A6+ (2018) get updates?
It received about two OS updates (Android 8 to 10) and roughly three years of patches, so support ended around 2021.
How is the A6+ different from the regular A6 (2018)?
The A6+ has a larger 6-inch Full HD+ screen, a Snapdragon 450 chip, dual rear cameras with depth, a 24MP selfie cam and a bigger 3500mAh battery.
Does the A6+ (2018) have two rear cameras?
Yes, a 16MP main plus a 5MP depth sensor for portrait-style background blur.
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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.