Samsung owners will receive a free Android upgrade – is your phone on the list?
GOOGLE undoubtedly introduces a new Android system every year, equipped with sparkling new features.
But with each year of new upgrades, coinciding with a new phone offering, some devices are left out of the new benefits.
Android 15 – known as One UI 7 for Samsung owners – will be released later this year, Google has confirmed.
This new operating system is intended to replace Android 14, which was rolled out in October 2023.
Full details of the new operating system (OS) – including new features – won't be revealed until Google's I/O conference in May.
Although reports suggest that opening and navigating apps will be faster, as well as improved camera features for third-party apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp.
While Samsung commits to updating devices for seven years after their launch date, this does not apply to OS updates.
The Korean phone company only covers major security updates and patches in its seven-year pledge.
That's why Samsung devices only get about four years of Android upgrades, unlike Google and Apple devices which get about seven.
The phones below are eligible for the One UI 7 upgrade:
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- Galaxy S24Ultra
- Galaxy S24+
- Galaxy S24
- Galaxy S23Ultra
- Galaxy S23+
- Galaxy S23
- Galaxy S23FE
- Galaxy S22Ultra
- Galaxy S22+
- Galaxy S22
- Galaxy S21FE
- Galaxy S21 Ultra
- Galaxy S21+
- Galaxy S21
- Galaxy Z series
- Galaxy Z Fold 6
- Galaxy Z Fold 5
- Galaxy Z Flip 6
- Galaxy Z Flip 5
- Galaxy Z Fold 4
- Galaxy Z Flip 4
- Galaxy Z Fold 3
- Galaxy Z Flip 3
- Galaxy A series
- Galaxy A73
- Galaxy A72
- Galaxy A54
- Galaxy A53
- Galaxy A34
- Galaxy A33
- Galaxy A25
- Galaxy A24
- Galaxy A23
- Galaxy A15 (LTE+5G)
- Galaxy A14 (LTE+5G)
- Galaxy M54
- Galaxy M34
- Galaxy M53
- Galaxy M33
- Galaxy M15
Android 15 – or One UI 7 – will not be rolled out for the time being.
The OS update typically rolls out to Google Pixel owners around October.
It then trickles down to Samsung owners, starting in Korea.
This means there's still time to upgrade your device, should One UI 7 have features you can't live without – that is, if you can't find your phone model in the list above.
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