With One UI 8 Complete, How Many Updates Are Left for Your Galaxy Phone?

Samsung has been paying serious attention to rolling out the One UI 8.0 update for its Galaxy devices, which is powered by Android 16 OS, till now. Since the company has finally concluded the release process, many of you are curious to know how many updates are still left for your phone.

​Indeed, Samsung was quick enough to deliver the One UI 8 version to all of its eligible Galaxy devices after the frustrating delay at the time of One UI 7 release.

​Right after concluding the One UI 8.0 rollout, Samsung is currently focusing on the latest One UI 8.5 beta program for the Galaxy S25 series, which is available in a few countries, including South Korea, Germany, the US, and the UK, at least for now. But on the opposite side, it’s better to have a rough knowledge of how many software updates are still left for your Galaxy phone to receive.

​Well, Samsung has a simple theory of conducting the update rollout for its Galaxy phones and tablets, where the company provides the updates according to the update frequency the device is committed to.

​For example, the Galaxy S25 series is launched in 2025, and this flagship lineup is supported by seven generations of major OS updates alongside seven years of security updates, and if the models have received their first software update in the form of One UI 7, then it’s quite simple that they have now six software updates left to receive in the future.

​In addition to that, Samsung has upgraded its software update policy with the introduction of the Galaxy S21 series, which marks the beginning of four generations of Major OS and five years of security patches. This is then followed by a huge seven years of commitment, beginning from the Galaxy S24 series, and is going to be followed by all the newer generation flagships and a few premium mid-tier models.

​How Many Updates Are still pending for Your Samsung Galaxy Phone?

​And at the same time, mid-tier and budget range models are committed to six years of software update support. Now that you must have understood the theory, here’s the list of Galaxy phones, with their number of updates left after the completion of the One UI 8.0 update: