The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + will only provide updates on security quarterly from now on.
It ensures that the patches will be packaged and released every three months, instead of receiving a new security patch every month. The S8 duo has been released in April 2017 and is now three years old. It was originally running Android 7.0 Nougat and has been upgraded to Android 9 Pie with One UI (the original version) since.
The upgrade to Android 10 isn’t coming.
In contrast, last month Samsung ended support for the 2016 Galaxy S7 duo, after spending two years on the quarterly schedule having monthly updates and 2 years. Initially, Samsung planned to end support for the S7 phones a year ago but reconsidered it and proceeded to push updates for another 10 months. So, you should continue to receive support for your Galaxy S8 or S8 + at least until 2021.
Current Models for Monthly Security Updates¹
- Galaxy Fold, Galaxy Z Flip
- Galaxy S8 Active, Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 5G, Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 5G, Galaxy S20+, Galaxy S20+ 5G, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
- Galaxy Note8, Galaxy Note9, Galaxy Note10, Galaxy Note10 5G, Galaxy Note10+, Galaxy Note10+ 5G, Galaxy Note10 Lite
- Enterprise Models: Galaxy A8 (2018), Galaxy A50, Galaxy XCover4s, Galaxy XCover FieldPro, Galaxy XCover Pro
Current Models for Quarterly Security Updates²
- Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy S7 Active, Galaxy S8 Lite
- Galaxy A11, Galaxy A31, Galaxy A41, Galaxy A71 5G, Galaxy A2 Core, Galaxy A5 (2017), Galaxy A6, Galaxy A6+, Galaxy A7 (2018)
- Galaxy A8 Star, Galaxy A8s, Galaxy A9 (2018)
- Galaxy A10, Galaxy A10e, Galaxy A10s, Galaxy A20, Galaxy A20e, Galaxy A20s, Galaxy A30, Galaxy A30s, Galaxy A40, Galaxy A50s, Galaxy A51, Galaxy A60, Galaxy A70, Galaxy A70s, Galaxy A71, Galaxy A80, Galaxy A90 5G, Galaxy A01
- Galaxy J2 Core, Galaxy J3 Top, Galaxy J4, Galaxy J4+, Galaxy J4 Core, Galaxy J6, Galaxy J6+, Galaxy J7 Duo, Galaxy J7 Top, Galaxy J8
- Galaxy M11, Galaxy M10, Galaxy M10s, Galaxy M20, Galaxy M21, Galaxy M30, Galaxy M31, Galaxy M30s, Galaxy M40
- Galaxy Tab A 10.5 (2018), Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019), Galaxy Tab A 8 (2019), Galaxy Tab A 8 Plus (2019), Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), Galaxy Tab Active2, Galaxy Tab Active Pro
- Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, Galaxy Tab S4, Galaxy Tab S5e, Galaxy Tab S6, Galaxy Tab S6 5G, Galaxy View2
- W20 5G
Current Models for Other Regular Security Updates²
- Galaxy A3 (2017), Galaxy A7 (2017), Galaxy A8+ (2018), Galaxy Note FE
- Galaxy J7 Prime2, Galaxy J3 (2017), Galaxy J3 Pop, Galaxy J5 (2017), Galaxy J5 Prime, Galaxy J7 (2017), Galaxy J7 Prime, Galaxy J7 Pop, Galaxy J7 Max, Galaxy J7 Neo, Galaxy J7+
- Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), Galaxy Tab A (2017), Galaxy Tab S3, Galaxy Tab E 8 Refresh
¹ The list of monthly security update models are subject to change as the regular support period expires.
Also, some carriers may only support quarterly updates for all applicable current models listed above.
² The list of security update models are subject to change and it will be reviewed on a periodic basis.
Source: Samsung Android Security