We can all agree that Samsung is definitely not perfect. There are too many mobile products on the market, the labeling of which is often confusing. Recently, it often happens that not everything goes according to the company's plan. Even so, it is undoubtedly the best manufacturer of smartphones with the system Android, when it comes to supporting its products with firmware updates.
It is the clear leader in software updates Apple with iPhones. Its current iOS 15 supports even such a one iPhone 6S released in 2015, which gives you 7 long years of its support. The American company adheres to the motto: What is the use of powerful hardware if it is not optimized? And what good is powerful hardware if the software becomes obsolete a few years after purchase?
iPhone SE 3rd generation
So how much should firmware updates matter? A lot indeed, because exemplary support is just what users AndroidiPhone owners are the most envious. That's why Samsung has come up with a rather ambitious battle plan, and its latest efforts to support mobile hardware with timely firmware updates are commendable, to say the least.
Galaxy S22 Ultra
It now offers four major operating system updates Android for selected smartphone models and most other smartphones and tablets Galaxy getting at least three major updates. In both cases, an extra year of security updates. It's still not much compared to Apple, but a lot compared to the competition.
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The One UI 4.1 user interface is now available to more than 100 million customers, and of course this number is growing every day. At the same time, Samsung continues to lead even Google itself in issuing security patches on time. And it's not just flagship phones that get these updates regularly. Security patches appear at selected intervals for all smartphone models Galaxy, which are not older than four years. Google, for example, provides its Pixels with only three years of major system updates. Plus in an upcoming release Androidu also copies the functions brought by Samsung's One UI.
Galaxy S22 +
There are some inconsistencies in Samsung's firmware update schedule, though, as we learn, for example, that it updates mid-range phones in some regions before higher-end phones in other markets. But even so, it is in the world of system updates Android Samsung unrivaled, with all its defects and childhood diseases of its devices, which it is soon removing with timely updates.
I would appreciate an update to fix the sound.. Whether I play a video on YT, the Internet, Netflix, HBO, the sound is about 2 seconds ahead. Video freezes but sound goes on.. S22 ultra btw.
It's true that the S22 series suffers from so many flaws that you can't even count them on the fingers of one hand. But take it on the bright side, at least the device has already reached you. Many who pre-ordered are still waiting.
That's right.. I've had it for 3 weeks and so far I'm very happy. Except for the videos. Otherwise, I didn't notice any other problem. I just saw that people wrote something about a problem with GPS