If you have a Samsung cell phone, find out if your device is on this list!
Keep the android mobile phone updated is ideal to ensure good performance of the device and maintain the data security of users, since updates serve to correct security and privacy flaws, in addition to correcting system errors, which can cause bugs and cell phone crashes, preventing tools and applications from working properly.
Currently, several models offer Android 13, which is the most current and was released last year. However, Android 14 should be released later this year and should have several improvements, ensuring better functioning of devices compatible with this update.
Android 14 may be the last update for some models Samsung brand, since they are older, they have outdated software and will no longer support updates. If you have a Samsung device, stay until the end of the article and find out how Android 14 will work and which models will no longer be able to be updated.
Android 14
Android 14 is expected to be released later this year, in September, and will bring several updates to devices.
These include: providing more customization options for the screen and lock, enhancing user security and privacy, using artificial intelligence resources, sending SMS via satellite, ideal for locations without operator coverage, the option to increase the font for people with visual impairments, as well as improving fluidity, performance and battery life for devices, and much more.
The function of sending SMS via satellite is seen as an advance, as it simplifies access to technology and can be very useful in times of emergency, where the user is in remote locations and without a telephone operator network.
Models that will no longer be updated
Updating Android on devices is extremely important. However, some functions only work if the device's software supports this type of action. However, some older devices have outdated software that does not support some more advanced tools, such as satellite communication. For this reason, devices produced with Android 11 can only be updated up to Android 14, as the next updates will be even more advanced, leaving these “old” devices behind.
This is the case of Samsung's Galaxy A line, which includes the following devices:
– Galaxy A52;
– Galaxy A52s;
– Galaxy A52 5G;
– Galaxy A72;
– Galaxy Tab S7 FE.
These devices are part of the generation that is able to receive three Android updates and an extra year of security updates, the so-called 3+1, so the updates end at Android 14, as they have Android 11.
Other devices in the Galaxy A line are also losing support for other, more advanced versions of Android, but in this case, they are not part of the 3+1 policy. Therefore, they will still be able to be updated more often.
It is important to remember that these devices will receive an extra year of security updates, but it is not known whether the update will happen quarterly or biannually, but it is already a guarantee that the user will have their data protected for longer.
This year Samsung updated its software policy and will allow some models to have four Android updates, plus a year of extra security updates, 4+1.
