Galaxy S25 FE Outlives Its Flagship Series in Terms of Software Updates

Samsung’s software update release is the perfect treat to watch and is the best among several other Android partners in the market. Now, this update strategy seems to be changing with the arrival of the newest Galaxy S25 FE!
The company has just concluded its September Galaxy Event, where it unveiled its newest member of the Galaxy S25 series, the Galaxy S25 FE, which is perfectly designed with the most innovative Galaxy AI, enhanced multimodal capabilities, and flagship features.
Meanwhile, Samsung’s newly launched Galaxy S25 FE debuts with the latest Android 16-based One UI 8 version; however, the company has stuck to a software update strategy that was once followed a few years ago. Basically, the Galaxy S25 FE indeed comes within the Galaxy S25 family; it is committed to the similar flagship-level seven generations of major OS updates and seven years of security updates.
Galaxy S25 FE Follows Samsung’s Traditional Software Update Policy Like S21 FE
Since Samsung has launched the Galaxy S25 FE with additional software, Android 16-based One UI 8, over its siblings, the Galaxy S25 family, which arrived with One UI 7. This significantly suggests that Samsung has firmly decided to go with an all-new strategy where it followed up by releasing its Galaxy S series’ FE models with a version up, while the standard Galaxy S series models remain at the previous OS.
At the same time, this is not the first time Samsung has changed the software update strategy for its FE models, as years ago, the Galaxy S21 FE also followed the same plan, where Samsung brought the Galaxy S21 series with Android 11, while their sibling, the Galaxy S21 FE, was launched with a level up, Android 12 OS.
Well, the newest Galaxy S25 FE arrives with a commitment of gaining huge With seven generations of major OS updates and seven years of security updates, it will be eligible to receive an additional update when compared to the standard Galaxy S25 family.