Samsung surpasses Google, will support Galaxy S22 up to four Android updates

In recent years, the reason why users love Pixel smartphones is partly because Google guarantees up to 3 Android versions and 5 years of security for each product life cycle.

However, according to a recent leak, Samsung may even do better than Google. According to this report, Samsung will ensure that the upcoming Galaxy S22 smartphones will receive 4 Android updates and 5 years of security updates.

If this information is true, the Galaxy S22 will be launched with Android 12, then will receive Android 13, Android 14, Android 15 and Android 16 updates. After the Android 16 update is finished, these The Galaxy S22 will still be supported by Samsung for another year of security patch updates.

This will also be an earthquake for other Android smartphone makers, who will have no choice but to follow Samsung’s lead. As a result, Android smartphones will keep up with the iPhone’s new operating system update schedule.

Currently, iPhone users are still supported by Apple to update up to 5 versions of iOS, on an annual schedule. Therefore, Samsung still needs to extend its support for new Android operating system updates by 1 year to catch up. However, this is also a very happy signal for Galaxy S22 smartphone users in particular and Android in general.