{"id":52996,"date":"2025-08-08T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52996\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:41:08","slug":"samsungs-android-decision-millions-of-users-need-a-new-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/52996\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung\u2019s Android Decision\u2014Millions Of Users Need A New Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Samsung<\/p>\n

You have been warned \u2014 upgrade your phone now.<\/p>\n

AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Samsung\u2019s security update this month is more complicated<\/a> than usual. The headline \u201ccritical<\/a>\u201d Android fix does not apply to any of its phones \u2014 it\u2019s Android 16 only. It\u2019s unclear when a number of exploited Qualcomm vulnerabilities were fixed. And it\u2019s hitting just as all user attention if more focused on the One UI 8 upgrade.<\/p>\n

In amongst all that noise, there\u2019s a warning for millions of Galaxy owners. As spotted by SamMobile<\/a>, \u201cthree popular mid-range phones from Samsung\u201d have dropped off the update schedule. \u201cThe company has now updated the list to confirm that software support for these devices will no longer be available.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Galaxy A22, Galaxy M32 and Galaxy F22 and now \u201coutdated,\u201d and as SamMobile points out, \u201cit\u2019s no surprise that Samsung will no longer provide any support for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

While ending support for older phones is to be expected, it\u2019s a huge issue. As many as 1 billion Android phones<\/a> are now out of support, creating a huge security issue for users and the companies they work for, if they connect those phones at work.<\/p>\n

Google recently ended Android support for Android 12<\/a> and also upgraded its Play Integrity API<\/a> to restrict how apps function on those older phones. While the 700 million Windows 10 users have generated plenty of headlines as support comes to an end. This even greater number of Android users at risk gets much less attention.<\/p>\n

If you have one of the three impacted Samsung Galaxy models or any phone that is running Android 12 or older, then it\u2019s time to stump up for an upgrade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t mean an expensive new flagship, but it does mean something that is eligible for Android updates and ongoing manufacturer support.<\/p>\n

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Such is the state of the mobile threat landscape, it\u2019s not worth taking the risk of leaving a device exposed to attack. This year we have seen multiple Android vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. The threat is very real.<\/p>\n

Per SamMobile, \u201cif you own one of these devices, this means that there will be no more updated, no Android OS upgrades and no security maintenance releases from Samsung. It would probably be best to think about upgrading your phone now as you’d otherwise be left without the protection of the latest security patches.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You have been warned \u2014 upgrade your phone now. AFP via Getty Images Samsung\u2019s security update this month…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,44265,44264,44266,44267,44268,115,123,122,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-52996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-one-ui-8-release-date","11":"tag-one-ui-8-upgrade","12":"tag-s25-vs-s24","13":"tag-s26-leak","14":"tag-s27-leak","15":"tag-samsung-s25-upgrade","16":"tag-samsung-vs-iphone","17":"tag-samsung-vs-pixel","18":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}