How long do Samsung phones get updates?
Samsung's current flagships (S24 generation onward, including the S25 family) get seven years of OS and security updates — the joint-best promise in Android. Recent mid-rangers like the A56 and even the $199 A16 get six years. But this is new: the S21–S23 era got four OS upgrades + five years of security, and S20-era phones got just three + four. That's why a 2021 Samsung is already unsupported while a 2025 one runs to 2032 — check the phone, not the brand.
Source: Samsung's policy documentation
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Their Buy-By date (end of support minus 24 months) has passed — a purchase today gets less than two years of safe use. 165 in total; the worst offenders:
The remaining 156 are in the full list below, each marked with its status.
Every Samsung phone we track
Sorted by how much safe life is left — soonest to die first. Tap any for the full breakdown.
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