The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 series of flagship tablets won’t get monthly security updates. Although a little disappointing, Samsung has promised seven years of Android OS and security updates for these premium devices.
Samsung will support its latest tablets for seven years
Samsung recently announced the premium Galaxy Tab S10 series of tablets. This year, the company skipped the base variant and is offering the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra.
The Galaxy Tab S10 series devices could be easily considered flagship and industry-leading tablets. In other words, they are right up there with the Samsung Galaxy S24 series of smartphones.
Samsung has promised to support the premium tablets for seven years. Specifically speaking, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 series will get seven Android versions and seven years of security updates from Samsung.
Needless to say, it is truly rare and remarkable for an Android tablet to receive software support for such a long time. Considering these tablets run Android 14 out of the box, Samsung has technically assured they will get the Android 21 update. It would be a record for these tablets, or more specifically their batteries, to survive this long.
Samsung won’t send security updates to the Galaxy Tab S10 every month
According to Phone Arena, these tablets will receive security updates every three months. Samsung has updated its official ‘Security Update’ page. The company has included the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and S10 Ultra as officially supported devices.
Samsung has added the Galaxy Tab S10 series tablets to the “Current Models for Quarterly Security Updates” list. What this means is these tablets will get security updates every three months.
It is strange to note that Samsung won’t increase the frequency of security updates for the Galaxy Tab S10 tablets to match its other flagship devices. Samsung has traditionally sent out security updates to its tablets every three months. In other words, the company hasn’t broken the pattern. However, some reports suggest Samsung could have sent out security updates to the Galaxy Tab S10 tablet every month, just like the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones.
