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Some Galaxy S22 phones plagued by inability to receive SMS messages
Several reboots a day keep the SMS issues at bay
The Samsung Galaxy S22 is easily one of the best smartphones you can buy today, with the winning combination of top-tier hardware plus frequent updates. Unfortunately, not all software is perfect, and Samsung seems to have run into a little trouble with its September update for the Galaxy S22 series, as customers in the US complain about their phones failing to receive SMS messages several times a day.
Samsung's June 2022 update is available for the unlocked Galaxy S10 series in the US
It's also been released for the Verizon Note10 and Z Fold2
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As another month unfolds, Samsung inevitably begins to update its devices with its latest security patch. It made an early start in international markets, getting things going before the end of May. We're now seeing the first signs of the June 2022 update becoming available in the US, starting with the Verizon Galaxy A21.
Samsung's May 2022 security update is now available for the international Galaxy Note9
It's also available for several tablets and A series phones
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Samsung updates its phones with monthly security patches faster than almost anyone else, and the company is continuing to do just that with this year's flagship Galaxy S22 series. Last month the April 2022 security patch was released just at the end of March, and now Samsung is updating the S22 with the May 2022 patch even further ahead of schedule.
Samsung signals that work is underway on One UI 4.1.1 update
It should be the final One UI upgrade before the arrival of Android 13
Samsung's One UI software is easily among the best executed takes on Android out there, with all sorts of great functional improvements, like what we've been seeing lately with support for larger foldable, smartphones. Since 2019, Samsung has been dropping a couple incremental releases before hitting its next major version of the software. Keeping in line with that tradition, Samsung's final fourth-generation One UI update looks like it's on the way, as we start learning about work towards One UI 4.1.1.
Samsung ships October 2021 security patch to more international models, Z Flip3 gets pet portrait mode
The update is also available for the Galaxy S10 lite and several A series phones
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It didn't take Samsung much time at all to start bringing a fresh security update to some of its phones. The company began with a handful of devices internationally, including the Galaxy S21 series, the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Flip3, and it's continued to come to more phones over the last few weeks.
Samsung's May 2021 update arrives for the Galaxy Tab S6, Note8, and more — here's the full list
Bringing improved Quick Share to more flagships
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Samsung has been trying to improve its image in software lately, especially when it comes to security updates for Android devices. What better way than to release an update several days early? That's the case with the May security update, which is already rolling out to several devices, with new features coming to select flagships.
Here's yet more proof that Samsung is getting serious about updates
No more ambiguity on how often certain devices will get security updates
Samsung has managed to surprise its staunchest skeptics by becoming exceptionally agile with software updates of late. Not only has it kept its promise of delivering Android 11 to its devices, but it's also showcased its commitment by offering four years of security updates for most of its devices launched from 2019 onward. Further straightening up its act, Samsung is now removing some ambiguity around how often a few of its devices will get security updates.
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- Samsung has gone ahead and made the Tab S7 and Tab S7+ One UI 3.1 update official with a press release on its news site. It confirms the Second Screen feature, and also shows off some other new features as well.
Samsung has been diligently following its Android 11-based One UI 3 rollout schedule and has even surprised us with a few early updates. Shortly after pushing the new software to its flagship smartphones of the last two years, the South Korean giant is now rolling out Android 11 to the Galaxy Tab S7 and the S7+. However, instead of One UI 3, the Android tablets are getting One UI 3.1, making them the only devices other than the S21 series to have it so far. Now that the Wi-Fi version and the Verizon variant have already received the update, AT&T subscribers are in for the treat.
Samsung's timeline for international One UI 3.0 updates gets rolling with the Galaxy S20
Here's when you can expect the update to enter your Galaxy
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December 2020
Samsung updates A51 and A71 phones with flagship features from the Galaxy S20
New camera features, sharing options, and keyboard tweaks
Samsung is the most popular Android manufacturer in the world, and its bestsellers aren't its flagships. The company announced the mid-range A51 and A71 late last year with one of the catchiest jingles I've heard in a smartphone ad. Now software updates that bring many flagship-level features from the Galaxy S20 are coming to both of these lower-end phones.