Is the Samsung Galaxy S9+ still supported?
End-of-support date: March 2022.
Support ended
Our estimateMarch 2022
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 S9+
How long will the Galaxy S9+ get updates?
It is no longer supported; it received two major Android upgrades and security patches that ended around early 2022.
How does the Galaxy S9+ differ from the S9?
The S9+ has a larger 6.2-inch screen, a second 2x telephoto camera, 6GB of RAM and a bigger 3500mAh battery, while keeping the same chipset and design language.
Is the Galaxy S9+ worth buying in 2026?
Only as a very cheap large-screen phone with a headphone jack; the lack of security updates means it shouldn't be your main, internet-connected device.
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.