During its announcement about Galaxy Note 20 earlier this month, Samsung threw out the revelation that it would start supporting its devices for 3 years, in line with the policy of Google’s Pixel lineup. Now Samsung has confirmed the full list of devices that will get 3 major Android updates in its lifetime.
In a blog post this evening, Samsung confirmed that 38 devices in its current portfolio will receive Android updates via “3 generations” as well as 3 major updates. Previously, Samsung had only confirmed Galaxy S and Galaxy Note devices to get these updates, but the full list is much more comprehensive.
For the Galaxy S line, the S10 and S20 series will both receive these updates. For the Note line is the Note 10 and Note 20 series. The list then expands to Samsung’s latest Galaxy A devices, but only some of the higher-end models. Then the lineup of Galaxy Tab gets some love with the Tab S6 and S7. Finally, Samsung applies this policy to every single person who has released it so far. The full list follows.
- Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, S20 Ultra, S20 + 5G, S20 +, S20 5G, S20
- Galaxy S10 5G, S10 +, S10, S10e, S10 Lite
- Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, Note20 Ultra, Note20 5G, Note20, Note10 + 5G, Note10 +, Note10 5G, Note10, Note10 Lite
- Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, Z Fold2, Z Flip 5G, Z Flip, Fold 5G, fold
- Galaxy A71 5G, A71, A51 5G, A51, A90 5G
- Galaxy Tab S7 + 5G, Tab S7 +, Tab S7 5G, Tab S7, Tab S6 5G, Tab S6, Tab S6 Lite
Samsung’s post is also pretty telling about how this applies going forward. The Galaxy S, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Z and Galaxy Tab S lineups will see this policy as the default for all advancing devices. Meanwhile, the Galaxy A lineup will only show the policy on selected devices.
Also of note, Samsung confirms that the Galaxy S20 series will be the first in its lineup to get Android 11.
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