Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 range will get way more updates than expected

Date:
Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:26:01 +0000

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Samsung has revealed that its latest and upcoming wearables will get up to four years of software updates.

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Samsung made a big announcement at its first Unpacked event of 2022, and were not talking about the Samsung Galaxy S22 range. The company revealed that it would offer extensive support for its latest phones and tablets, and now weve learned that its made a similar promise for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 range.

In a press release , Samsung stated that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic , and upcoming Galaxy Watch devices (such as the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 presumably), will get up to four years of upgrades to Wear OS and the companys One UI Watch interface.

That up to bit is slightly concerning, as it could give Samsung some wiggle room to offer less, but it certainly sounds like the company is aiming for four years of software support.

Thats almost a match for the promise it made about recent phones and tablets, including the Galaxy S22 range, the Samsung Galaxy S21 range, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 range, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 , and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 , along with upcoming devices in those ranges and the Galaxy A range.

Those devices are also slated to get four years of operating system updates, but theyre additionally promised five years of security patches, which isnt something Samsung has mentioned for its wearables.

Still, four years of updates is still a big boost, and should see Samsungs wearables leading the Wear OS pack on that front. The Apple Watch 3 is still being updated (Image credit: Future) Analysis: Samsung might actually match Apple here

While Samsungs smartphone support plans still arent quite a match for Apples, its smartwatch plans might be.

Currently, the oldest Apple Watch that is still getting software updates is the Apple Watch 3 , which was four years old at the time of its most recent major update (to watchOS 8 ).

While not confirmed, theres a good chance it wont get watchOS 9, especially
as it was also the oldest watch to get watchOS 7 so it seems like it should have reached its cut-off point by now.

We probably wont find out for sure until around September when watchOS 9 is likely to land, but either way, Samsung is probably either matching Apple
here or coming close. Now we just need other companies to follow suit. Why Samsung beating Pixel's Android updates is a huge deal



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