Is the Samsung Galaxy S7 still supported?
End-of-support date: March 2019.
Support ended
Our estimateMarch 2019
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 S7
How long will the Galaxy S7 get updates?
The S7 launched on Android 6.0 and received about 2 OS upgrades (to Android 8.0 Oreo) and roughly 3 years of security patches, ending around 2019. It receives no further updates.
Does the Galaxy S7 have water resistance?
Yes. The S7 reintroduced IP68 water and dust resistance, which Samsung had dropped on the previous Galaxy S6.
Is the Galaxy S7 usable in 2026?
Only marginally. It can run basic tasks and many people love its compact size, but with no security support since 2019 and a microUSB port, it is strictly a backup or nostalgia device.
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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.