Samsung is rapidly rolling out the May 2024 security patch update for Galaxy devices; more specifically, in the last few days, the company has expanded the update to many countries. However, due to the carrier’s restrictions, Galaxy device units in the US have not gotten the update yet. However, gradually, through different carriers, the update is expanding in the US.
Verizon rolls out the May 2024 security patch to several devices
With the latest development, Verizon has rolled out the May 2024 security patch to many flagship devices, including the Galaxy Note 20, S21, S20 FE, Fold 2, Fold 3, Flip 3, Fold 4, Flip 4, and Galaxy Tab S9+ 5G. If you are using any of the devices, you can easily identify the latest update by the below firmware version numbers.
Firmware details
- Galaxy Note 20 series: N98xUSQS7HXE
- Galaxy S21 series: G99xUSQSBGXE2
- Galaxy S20 FE (G781VSQSEHXE2)
- Galaxy Z Fold 2: F916USQS6KXE3
- Galaxy Z Fold 4: F936USQS5FXE5
- Galaxy Z Flip 4 (F721USQS5FXE5)
- Galaxy Z Fold 3: F926USQS6IXE5
- Galaxy Z Flip 3 (F711USQS7IXE5)
- Galaxy Tab S9+ (X818USQS3BXE1)
May 2024 security patch details
The latest May 2024 security patch is dedicated to providing some new enhancements for the Galaxy devices, so don’t expect any new changes for the devices. Going into details, the May 2024 security patch will provide more than 50 fixes, some of which were introduced by Google to fix the issues spotted in the Android OS. Additionally, there are some more patches added by Samsung to exclusively fix the security vulnerability-related issues. To take advantage of all the new security changes, you should update the device to the latest version.
