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- Samsung Tizen OS-powered TV sets will soon get seven years of updates, as first reported by Business Korea and KED.
- The new promise applies to AI TVs, which is a buzzword used to describe newer Samsung sets with AI features. The new update cycle may apply to a few higher-end 2023 TV sets, but it seems to be mostly aimed at its newest 2024 lineup.
- Samsung hopes that pushing AI and better software updates will allow the company to be more competitive against a growing number of affordable sets out of China.
It’s become increasingly apparent that software updates are critical for keeping your computers, phones, and tablets safe on the web. For their part, Google and Samsung have both gotten more proactive regarding mobile updates. Several flagship phones now offer seven years of OS and security updates. But one product category that tends to get neglected? Smart TVs. Thankfully, Samsung is finally doing something about it.
New reports from Business Insider and KED (via ArsTechnica) were the first to break the news that Samsung has announced it is extending its seven-year Android update policy to its Tizen OS-powered TV sets. As with its mobile efforts, this pledge includes not only critical security fixes but also general software updates.