The new update for the Galaxy S10 series in Europe comes with firmware version G97xFXXSGHVH2. While we don’t have a changelog handy to confirm the content of the software package, it likely only brings this month’s vulnerability fixes. There’s little hope that the nearly four-year-old Galaxies are gaining new features today. As far as vulnerability fixes are concerned, there’s a lot to talk about. Samsung earlier this month confirmed that the August SMR (Security Maintenance Release) for its Android devices contains fixes for over 60 privacy and security issues. About half of them are Android OS issues that affect all vulnerable Android products. Google patched these vulnerabilities, with the company labeling one of those as a critical flaw. It facilitated remote code execution over Bluetooth, potentially allowing a remote attacker to take control of your device. The other 30-odd issues fixed with the August SMR only affected Samsung’s Android-based products, such as smartphones and tablets. Many of these issues were also critical flaws, compromising components like Samsung DeX, Knox VPN, Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, and more. If you’re using a Galaxy S10 smartphone in Europe, these security fixes should reach your phone anytime now. Users in other regions can also now look forward to the latest security update. You will be notified once the OTA (over the air) update hits your phone. You can also manually check for updates from the Settings app.
The Galaxy S10 series will not get the Android 13 update
Samsung launched the Galaxy S10 trio back in February 2019. The phones debuted with Android 9 Pie onboard and have since been updated to Android 10, Android 11, and Android 12. Unfortunately, they don’t qualify for Samsung’s recently extended software policy that promises four major Android OS updates for flagship models. So the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ will all end their life on Android 12. None of them will get Android 13, which was recently released on AOSP (Android Open Source Project). Samsung is expected to begin rolling out the update to eligible devices, along with its One UI 5.0, in October this year.
