These Samsung Galaxy tablets are in their last year of software support

Samsung’s latest software update commitment for its tablets is great, but older devices can’t take advantage of it. These Samsung Galaxy tablets are in their last year of software support. It’s thus great to see how far the brand has come in delivering faster updates and providing longer software support for its devices.

Samsung is now one of the few Android manufacturers that offers a generously long software support policy, with its recent Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra benefiting from seven years of OS and security updates. Not every tablet Samsung has sold in previous years enjoys that kind of longevity, though. 2026 marks the final release of major Android updates for the Galaxy Tab S9, S9+, S9 Ultra, S9 FE and S9 FE+.

These tablets will receive the One UI 9 update, which is based on Android 17. The Galaxy Tab S9 series arrived in 2023 running One UI 5.1 (Android 13), with Samsung promising four generations of major OS updates and five years of security patches for these devices. They should continue to receive security updates until sometime in 2028.

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