Samsung Galaxy S10 Android updates stopped after the phone got its latest and last security patch at the end of March with an announcement that no more updates for the phone.
According to Droid Life, this week saw what’s likely to be the Galaxy S10’s final security update before its official support ends.
Samsung has discontinued security updates for the four-year-old Galaxy S10 series, including Galaxy S10+. Which will be bad news for those who still use those phones.
Samsung Galaxy S10 Android updates stopped
Samsung promised four years of security updates for the S10 lineup. That gives the series a good run as it exits the window for additional support this month.
But now Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, and Galaxy S10e are no longer eligible for Android security updates.
The software update policy formulated last year promises owners of Samsung’s flagship phones four years of major Android OS upgrades and five years of Android security updates. However, this policy applies to phones as far back as the Galaxy S21.
If you own a Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, or Galaxy S10e. You should have received the final update, which brings the March 2023 Android Security Bulletin.
If you have not updated your unit yet, you must hurry up. Especially if your unit runs on an Exynos processor, the update is critical.
As it fixes some, if not all, exploits that was publicly revealed by engineers from Google’s Project Zero. The team said a particular Exynos modem has several vulnerabilities, leaving all the phones using it prone to hacking.
The update, listed as G973USQU8IWB5 for the base S10, is a standard, regularly scheduled security update that also reportedly helps boost performance. This should be the final scheduled update that the S10 gets.
Samsung has also changed the update schedule for the Galaxy Z Flip from monthly to quarterly. Thus making it the same as Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Fold 5G.