The Galaxy S23 may offer the longest update tracker on Android, i.e. 4 years of major releases and 5 years of security patches, Samsung still skips the fast updates .
According to a recent report by AndroidPolice, Galaxy S23s do not support Android’s rolling update feature. To verify this, the source managed to run the Treble Info tool, which confirmed that Samsung has not enabled the feature on its smartphones.
Although released in 2016, this feature is supported on all competing smartphones on Android. Google even tried to make it mandatory with Android 13, but Samsung ultimately never opted for these rapid updatess, which offer a whole bunch of interesting benefits.
What are Rapid Android Updates?
For those who don’t know, these “seamless” updates allow new firmware versions to be installed on a secondary partition while the phone remains in service. In other words, this feature allows users to continue using their smartphone while an update is in progress.
As soon as the installation is complete in the second partition, you just need to restart it for a few seconds to merge the new incremental software. Another advantage is the lower risk of corrupted data during an update, but also the simple fact that your phone is not out of order for the duration of the installation, since this may prevent you from making emergency calls, for example.
It’s surprising that Samsung still hasn’t embraced seamless Android update support for the Galaxy S23 series, given its close ties to Google. We therefore hope that the Korean giant will make progress on the subject, and offer the functionality from a future update.
Despite the lack of rapid updates, Samsung has not neglected the software of its smartphones. Remember that the Galaxy S23 were launched under the new version of the One UI 5.1 house overlay, and this one brings a whole bunch of new features to the devices.