As the years go by, the oldest flagships of the Korean company Samsung, they are running out of support. Last June, the Galaxy S8 stopped receiving monthly updates to be quarterly. True to Samsung's commitment in this regard, the Korean company has just released a new security update for the Galaxy S8 and S8 +.
The Galaxy S8 and S8 + They were the beginning of the change in screen design with frames to the practical disappearance that today we find in practically all models on the market, including some low-end. The Galaxy S8 reduced the frames to the maximum possible at that time, year 2017 becoming the model to follow.
As you might expect, considering how long the phone has been on the market, this new update does not include any new functionalityInstead, it only fixes security issues that have been detected in both Android and Samsung's customization layer since it received the last update.
Before completing the cycle of updates that will end its support, the Galaxy S8 has yet to receive two more updatesIt will be when the device is about to be 4 years old on the market. This update has become available in Germany for Exynos models (the version that has traditionally been marketed in Europe).
The Galaxy S8 hit the market with Android 7 Nougat and it stopped updating when it received Android 9 Pie. Despite the fact that some rumors suggested that it could be updated to Android 10, finally the Korean company decided that there was no place for this terminal. After the announcement at the presentation of the Galaxy Note 20 range, Samsung announced that it was extending the updates of its terminals to 3 years in practically all ranges.
