Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 still supported?
End-of-support date: April 2018.
Support ended
Our estimateApril 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
How long will the Galaxy S6 get updates?
It will not. The Galaxy S6 stopped receiving Android and security updates around 2018 after Android 7 Nougat, so it has been unsupported for years.
Can the Galaxy S6 still run modern apps?
Many newer apps drop support for its old Android 7 base, and some banking and payment apps refuse to install. Expect a shrinking pool of compatible software.
Is the Galaxy S6 safe to use as a daily driver in 2026?
Not for anything sensitive. With no security patches since 2018, it is best limited to offline or low-risk Wi-Fi use.
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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.