Where were you when the Galaxy S10 (and the S10+) dropped? Did you use it? Most importantly, did you – and do you still – own it?
If the answer to the last question is yes then we have some bad news (though it’s not like you didn’t expect them): the device has reached its end of life as far as software updates from its maker go.
Like the Galaxy S9 before it, the Galaxy S10 (and S10+) will no longer get updates from Samsung.
Samsung has quietly removed the smartphone from its updates page.
When the Galaxy S9’s time was up last year, the Galaxy S10 series saw its status downgraded from receiving monthly security updates to a quarterly schedule. Starting this month, no more updates are coming.
The move is not surprising and it is something we have come to expect around this time every year since we started keeping our eyes open for such.
What it means for owners of the Galaxy S10 is that it is, finally, time to move on. If nothing could take them away from their devices then, hopefully, this alarm from the device’s maker will be harkened to. For devices released 4 years ago, back in 2019, the Galaxy S10 has had a good run, racking up important updates along the way and now, its time is up. During the time it has been around, we have gone from swearing by candy bar devices like it to doubting the nascent foldable smartphone category to fully embracing it.
Since the Galaxy S10 came in a series, the Galaxy S10 series, where are the rest of the devices? Well, the 5G variant is still on the quarterly updates drip drip. As is the Lite variant.
Also exiting the stage with the Galaxy S10 are the Galaxy A30 and the Galaxy A50, the first generation of the revamped Galaxy A series that has now become a mainstay.
The Galaxy A10 and the Galaxy A20, also from a similar era, are still hanging by a thread with biannual updates still assured at this point in time but they are definitely next on the chopping block.
The s models of the Galaxy Ax0 series as well as the Galaxy Ax1 series devices are also only promised security patches at least twice in a year. Their end is nigh.
The first generation of Samsung’s foldables, the Galaxy Fold and the Galaxy Z Flip, join the Galaxy A40 in receiving quarterly updates.
These devices are from an era where Samsung supported devices with major operating system upgrades for at least 3 years with a fourth year being thrown into the mix for an extended support for security patches. Nowadays, things are even better.
