When Samsung promised three generations of Android updates and four years of security patches for its devices last year, it started delivering momentarily. When Vivo and OPPO did the same a year later, the only momentary delivery that took place was for their promises. Which is a super smug way of saying that they changed them. “Select models only, does not apply internationally, only if it’s sunny outside, yadda yadda”…
So, while they’re paying attorneys to write disclaimers, Samsung’s paying software engineers to write security updates. For example, the entire 2018 generation of the Galaxy J series is currently receiving the April 2021 patch, including the Galaxy J7 Duo (J730F/DS) and the Galaxy J8. As is the Galaxy J3. You know, the $70 device from 2017?
