Sooner or later, Samsung should start releasing a stable update to its older devices One UI 8, with her turn being the first Galaxy S25. The model is also entitled to it Galaxy S21 FE, but not the series itself Galaxy S21. How is this possible?
Samsung launched a series Galaxy S21, consisting of models Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra, at the end of January 2021while the phone Galaxy S21FE, which was originally scheduled for release at the end of 2021, was launched in early January 2022. Because the “fan” model was delayed, it debuted with Android 12, while the series Galaxy S21 went to market with Android 11.
Galaxy S21 FE vs. Galaxy S22
Simply put, according to the Korean giant's update policies, the series has Galaxy S21 along with the model Galaxy S21 FE entitled to four operating system upgrades and 5 years of security updates. Accordingly, Galaxy S21 FE on Android 16 with superstructure One UI 8 reaches, while the row Galaxy S21 does not. It can be expected that Galaxy S21 FE will receive the relevant update in October. However, we are now expecting the introduction Galaxy S25 FE, which we could expect in September.
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Users Galaxy S21 FE but they are pretty lucky. If Samsung had launched it in 2021, it would already be running Android 16/One UI 8 was not eligible. Owners of phones in the series Galaxy In any case, the S21 will still receive at least security updates for some time.
It's not so much luck as an obvious advantage of this phone. In addition to the longevity of the software, it is also one of the few FE models from Samsung that was shipped exclusively with a Snapdragon chipset.