Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ still supported?
End-of-support date: August 2018.
Support ended
Our estimateAugust 2018
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 S6 edge+
How long will the Galaxy S6 edge+ get updates?
Its update life ended around 2018 after Android 7. There have been no security patches for several years.
How is the S6 edge+ different from the regular S6 edge?
It has a larger 5.7-inch curved screen, 4GB of RAM instead of 3GB, and a bigger 3000mAh battery, but shares the same chipset and dead support status.
Is the Galaxy S6 edge+ worth using today?
Only casually. The big display is nice for video, but the lack of security updates rules it out as a primary phone.
Safer alternatives
All three carry a GREEN Safe-to-Buy badge today.
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.