Samsung AA made the decision to put four models of retired smartphones; From this month of August 2025, the Samsung Galaxy A22, F22, M32 et M42 5G officially arrived at the end of the cycle and will not have right to the slightest update.
Do not panic, however: this does not mean that these devices will stop working from one day to the next. On the other hand, they will become More and more vulnerable to safety faults. If you store sensitive data on one of these models, it would therefore be wise to envisage a medium -term replacement.
In addition, they will gradually lose their compatibility with certain recent applications or features, which could be prohibitive for certain user profiles.
Android Police underlines that this end of service was expected. All these models, released in 2021, arrived on the market before Samsung begins to increase the duration of support for its phones. In 2022, the company guaranteed 3 years of major updates and 4 years of security patches. Since then, this duration has increased to 6 ans For most recent models; But the Galaxy A22, F22, M32 and M42 5G arrived too early to benefit from it, and are therefore not concerned.
Is your smartphone concerned?
This announcement must also serve as a alert signal for other similar models which came out roughly at the same time. We think in particular of the entry and mid -range models, which tend to be supported less than the brand’s flagships.
To check if your device is still supported, the best solution is to go to the dedicated page of the Samsung website, at this address. If your smartphone no longer appears in the list, this means that it will no longer be entitled to future updates.
In addition, if it is mentioned among the models which only receive two security updates per year (such as the Galaxy A03, M21, M22, M32 and M52), it will undoubtedly be abandoned in the near future.
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