The Galaxy S8 was 3 years ago, the flagship of the Korean company, a flagship that having been on the market for three years, did not receive Android 10. Samsung offers two years of regular operating system updates for high-end models , a period that is also offered in some mid-range models that They are selling like hotcakes.
Two years after its release, Android updates become security updates, but only for one year. The last Samsung terminal that has been affected by this update policy is the Galaxy S8, a terminal that stops receiving monthly security updates.
It stops receiving monthly security updates, but that does not mean that it stops doing them, since it has become part of the list of terminals that receive Samsung care every three months. Android Pie was the last major update the Galaxy S8 and S8 + received. Since then, Samsung has been launching security updates correcting bugs and vulnerabilities.
In this way, both the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 + join the list of terminals of the Korean company that receive updates every three months such as the Galaxy A71, Galaxy A41, Galaxy A31, Galaxy A11, Galaxy M11 and the Galaxy Tab S6 tablet Lite. These devices were never part of Samsung's elite so so They only get Samsung's attention every three months.
Another of the terminals affected by the passage of time is the Galaxy J7 Prime 2, a terminal that has received "other regular security updates", so it will only receive updates if any important vulnerability is detected that may put at risk the information that is stored in the terminal. The Galaxy J7 launched in 2016, has completely disappeared from terminals with options for updates of any kind. The next high-end model from Samsung that will go on to receive quarterly updates will be the Galaxy Note 8, a terminal that is about to complete three years on the market.
