Samsung plans to deliver security updates over 5 years

A. SAMSUNG plans Offers more than five years of security updates for galaxy mobile phonesby increasing the available support time. The possibility of the change was revealed on Saturday (7) by Shin-Chul Baik, manager of the security team in the company’s Mobile eXperience division.

In an interview with SamMobileThe executive noted that the South Korean brand is “actively discussing” improving update policies for its smartphones. In addition to meeting the company’s own objectives, The change will be compatible with the new decisions of the European Union (EU)..

According to the European bloc Manufacturers will need to provide at least five years of security updates for mobile phones starting in 2025This is already done by the company on some models. This allows for a longer period of time to receive patches to protect against the latest cyber threats.

Interestingly, Samsung’s plan to roll out security updates for over five years started gaining momentum shortly after Google’s announcement.

Last week, Google confirmed that the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro will have seven years of operating system and security updates.

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Although Google will offer even more system updates on the next generation Pixel, Samsung did not comment on this possibility. Baik only mentioned security updates in the call, leaving aside the possible change in the number of Android updates.

Currently the company offers four years of Android updates and at least Five years of security updates for phones that are part of the premium Galaxy S series. This policy began to be adopted at the beginning of 2021.

According to the manager, Samsung updates more than 1 billion devices every monthSecurity patches for more than 150 models come in monthly, quarterly and semi-annual deliveries, depending on the version. As Baik explains, the entire process, which includes customers globally, requires a major investment from the brand.