Here are the Samsung devices getting three generations of Android updates

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Samsung has confirmed exactly which of its devices will be receiving "three generations" of Android updates, after announcing the initiative at its Agenda 20 snowslide event beforehand this month. As expected, the litany includes flagship phones going suddenly to last year's Galaxy S10, loosely there are arithmetic a couplet of new inclusions from Samsung's foldable as able-bodied as tablet ranges.

In the past, Samsung generally promised two years of updates, loosely now its phones could be trig for as mucho as three, depending upon how the convergence defines "generations." For example, Samsung says its Galaxy S20 phones will receive "three OS upgrades starting with Android 11," significance that unless Android's naming or releasing agenda changes the phones should go on to receive Android 12 in 2021, as able-bodied as Android 13 in 2022. Extending support for Android updates is important for owners who are keeping their devices longer.

Here's Samsung's impregnated litany of three-generation devices, which includes its flagship S as able-bodied as Note-series phones, foldables, Galaxy Tab tablets, as able-bodied as mid-range Galaxy A-series phones that far outsell its flagships:

• Galaxy S series: Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, S20 Ultra, S20+ 5G, S20+, S20 5G, S20 in appendix to S10 5G, S10+, S10, S10e, S10 Lite as able-bodied as utilizable S unfixedness devices
• Galaxy Agenda series: Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, Note20 Ultra, Note20 5G, Note20, Note10+ 5G, Note10+, Note10 5G, Note10, Note10 Lite as able-bodied as utilizable Agenda unfixedness devices
• Galaxy Foldable devices: Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, Z Fold2, Z Mold 5G, Z Flip, Misshape 5G, Misshape as able-bodied as utilizable Z unfixedness devices
• Galaxy A series: Galaxy A71 5G, A71, A51 5G, A51, A90 5G as able-bodied as select utilizable A unfixedness devices
• Tablets: Galaxy Tab S7+ 5G, Tab S7+, Tab S7 5G3, Tab S7, Tab S6 5G4, Tab S6, Tab S6 Lite as able-bodied as utilizable Tab S unfixedness devices

Beyond these phones, Samsung says it's "committed to providing the latest Android OS upgrades until the hardware specifications allow." It likewise cautions that upholding availability may alter by market.

It's worth noting, however, that metrical if a roast is affirmed to get three generations of Android updates this doesn't say butchering anyway how quickly it will receive them afterwhile their official release. Samsung says that the Galaxy S20 calendar will be the first Galaxy devices to be updated to Android 11 "later this year." Delayed OS updates aren't a problem that's sectional to Samsung, however, as able-bodied as in indeterminate the bearings is convalescent across the Android ecosystem.