Samsung Unboxed 2025 Live Blog: Galaxy S25 Phones, New Galaxy AI Reveals

With its Galaxy S24 series, Samsung increased its support period to offer seven years of software and security updates. That means the S24, which launched in 2024, should still be safe to use in 2031. Samsung and Google are on par here, with Google offering similar support periods for its latest Pixel 9 series, and both companies already among the leaders here.

But still, I’d like to see both Samsung and Google take this further and offer longer support periods to help keep your phone safe to use for even more years to come. Doing so will not only increase the amount of time before you have to upgrade your phone, but also encourage other companies to up their game and offer longer support.

Remember that it is not safe to use a phone outside of its software support period. Longer support isn’t just better for your wallet, it’s better for the planet as fewer old devices end up in landfill.