It’s that time of the year when everyone is waiting for Samsung’s new flagship to go on sale. Samsung has delayed proceedings a bit this year because of, you know, all that happened with the Galaxy Note 7. But as we near the day the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will become available on retail shelves, we thought we would point out that Samsung might now be pushing out fewer updates to the Galaxy S7 lineup.
For proof that Samsung has already reduced the importance it will be giving to the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge as far as updates are concerned, look no further than the fact that neither handset has received the March security update and we are already well into April. The March security patch has only been made available in the US, and an update currently rolling out to the S7 edge in the UK doesn’t have the newest security patches, either.
This suggests that the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will now be getting security patches every three months, just as it has been the case for the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ for the most part of last year. Oddly, a company official did say that the US will see monthly updates on the S7 and S7 edge from now on, so maybe the delay of the March security patch for the two devices is just a result of Samsung putting increased focus on the Galaxy S8 and S8+ as they near retail availability.
Of course, even if Samsung shifts to a quarterly update schedule, general software updates will continue to be released as and when needed. But we might need to get ready for the possibility that security updates for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge might not be coming out on a monthly basis anymore, and that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are the devices Samsung will be working on around the clock in the coming months.
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