Is the Samsung Galaxy Fold still supported?
End-of-support date: September 2023.
Support ended
Official promiseSeptember 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 Fold
How long will the Galaxy Fold get updates?
It is fully out of support. Samsung delivered 3 major OS upgrades (to Android 12) and about 4 years of security patches, and the device stopped receiving updates around late 2023, never getting Android 13.
What Android version did the original Galaxy Fold reach?
It shipped with Android 9 Pie and was upgraded through Android 10, 11 and finally Android 12; it was not eligible for Android 13.
Should I buy a Galaxy Fold in 2026?
Only as a collector's item or novelty. With no security updates since 2023 and an early, fragile design, it is not suitable as a primary phone.
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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.