- The Samsung Galaxy S8 is now receiving the November 2021 security patch.
- This is the second update the phone has received after its supposed end-of-life.
- This might be the last one it gets, but who knows at this point?
After a certain amount of time, Samsung phones stop receiving updates. Recently, Samsung has extended its update promise to three years of upgrades and four years of patches, but that extension only applies to phones from 2019 or later.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 came out in 2017, so it clearly falls outside of that window. Therefore, we expected it to have stopped receiving updates by now. Today, though, the phone started receiving the November 2021 security patch (via SamMobile).