How many software updates will the Galaxy S23 get?

As great as the Samsung Galaxy S24 series is, the Samsung Galaxy S23 handsets are also still very capable smartphones. This might have you considering a deal on a previous-generation handset instead. That would be understandable, but you should also consider how long Samsung will support your phone. To this end, we’ve examined how many software updates the Galaxy S23 will get.

The Galaxy S23 shipped with the Android 13-based One UI 5.1 software, which was developed specifically for the Galaxy line. Since the phones’ launch, they have received their first major update to One UI 6 based on Android 14, the first of four software updates to which Samsung has committed.

That will take the Galaxy S23 software updates through until 2027, including the year on the final version. Android 17, if that’s how Google is still naming its updates in 2026, will be the final update that the Galaxy S23 phones receive.

If you choose to hold on to your handset for that long or you decide to pick one up at a discount in the coming months and years, then you can be reassured that it will also be protected. Samsung will provide five years of security patches to the S23 range. That means your smartphone will be secure until at least 2028, by which time you might well have your eye on the next cutting-edge flagship.

Samsung’s iOS rival may have compelled the OEM to reassure its customers with these commitments. Apple doesn’t tend to make firm statements on how many updates each iteration of iPhone will receive, but it has regularly led the way in this regard. Past generations have regularly received at least six years of updates and sometimes up to eight years. Samsung’s commitment should reassure buyers who may want to get a Galaxy S23 right now or opt for a newer device.

The software updates on the Samsung Galaxy S23 may be plentiful, but we now understand that they won’t be quite as convenient as we might have hoped. It has been reported that the Galaxy S23 won’t receive seamless updates, which would have allowed you to use the device while an update was being installed in the background. This might be slightly disappointing news to some, but it isn’t likely to be a deal-breaker for any potential buyers.

Additionally, four years of OS upgrades no longer sounds like much. Google started offering seven-year update commitments lately, and Samsung has followed through with this new standard. In fact, these two manufacturers currently lead the way in update commitments, at least in the Android smartphone market.

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