Samsung’s flawless operation in terms of software this 2022. It is usual for Google to release a new version of the operating system in the middle of the year and until the next one (hopefully) you won’t start seeing the first phones updated to this version. In the case of high-end products, manufacturers often double their update efforts before the end of the course, although not all of them are successful.

In recent weeks, if we talk about Android 13, Samsung has become a special hero. The mid-November update is starting to hit highs like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 or Z Flip 4, but also mid-range series like the A52. Cheaper models like the Galaxy A33 are also being updated. Updating a mid-range mobile before 90% of the high-end isn’t the best news.

Manufacturers still asleep about updates

Android 11 is still the most widely used version of Android. Right in 2022.

Samsung accomplished something historic in 2022: Being the manufacturer with the longest update cycle for their phones. To date, Google has maintained its dominance with three years of system updates and five years of patches. But Samsung has left them behind with four years of system updates plus five patches.

Google will always be the fastest updated based on updates directly from Google. But Samsung updates for another year with its thick coatingAt least it makes you think.

There are manufacturers boarding the three-year update shipLike Xiaomi, Vivo and OPPO. But those three years are currently limited to a few models. If you only buy the flagship model or a featured model from the catalog, you’ll get all three years of updates. Otherwise, only two updates, not fast ones.

Beyond promises that they will be updated every few years, update times are still ridiculous. More than three months have passed since the stable release of Android 13 (manufacturers can access the version much earlier in the Developer preview), and models that already have Android 13 can practically be counted on the fingers of both hands.

The mid-range will receive this version in the first quarter of 2023 by major manufacturers. If we have a more modest mobile, then almost a year will pass from the release of the stable version of Android until its receipt.

It’s a strategy that goes head-to-head with the EU’s plans to update all phones for at least five years at the security level and at least three years to update the system. All this without slowing down the phone According to European brand.