Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ start receiving December 2022 security update

Concluding updated: December second, 2020 at 08:59 UTC+01:00

Samsung began pushing out the December 2020 Android security update to select members of the Galaxy S9 family of devices. More specifically, the new set of security patches is now reaching the international variants of both 2018 flagships. These over-the-air updates to the Milky way S9 and Galaxy S9+ tin be identified past build numbersG960FXXSCFTK2 andG965FXXSCFTK2, respectively.

No other changes or additions are part of the currently deploying updates. If you ain an eligible device, you can effort initiating the OTA download manually by opening theSettings app, scrolling downwards to theSoftware updatecard, and tapping theDownload and installoption on the following interface. But given how the rollout has just just started, information technology may be a while until you lot're able to trigger the installation manually.

Samsung will go on supporting the Galaxy S9 range until 2022

Equally always, users who are feeling impatient can search our firmware archives for a compatible system paradigm containing the new monthly security update that they can flash to their device via a PC. Assuming they know what they're doing and understand the inherent risks, that is.

Despite getting on in age, the Milky way S9 and Galaxy S9+ received a major refresh in the form of One UI ii.1 before this yr, which was a welcome surprise and was followed by the Ane UI ii.five update a few months later. And while both devices are expected to proceed enjoying some level of support from Samsung in the immediate futurity, their best days are definitely backside them. On the other paw, in that location are still quite a few reasons for buying a Milky way S9-series smartphone in 2020, bold the circumstances are simply right.

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