Samsung’s Galaxy S25 series might finally adopt Android’s seamless updates

What it is advisable to know

A rumor claims that Samsung could convey A/B replace help for its Galaxy S25 collection, making it the primary flagship to take action.The Galaxy A55 helps seamless updates, that means customers can proceed to make use of their machine whereas an replace is downloaded on a separate partition.Samsung’s VP claimed in 2022 that the corporate wished to take action for One UI 6; nevertheless, actuality reveals that it did not occur.

Samsung’s subsequent flagship collection is rumored to undertake a brand new replace technique that Google pushed for with Android earlier this yr.

Tipster Chunvn8888 posted on X that Samsung’s Galaxy S25 collection might obtain help for Android’s A/B replace technique (through Android Authority). That is excellent news contemplating Samsung’s flagship collection has constantly ignored this new replace technique.

The tipster notes that the one Samsung cellphone to obtain A/B help is the Galaxy A55, which launched in March.

In February, the corporate pushed all OEMs to undertake the A/B (seamless) replace technique on Android. It was found within the AOSP that the corporate deliberate to take away help for non-A/B updates. This was seen because the (hopeful) nudge Samsung wanted to convey A/B help to its flagships — and it’d work.

If the rumors are true, Galaxy S25 customers can proceed utilizing their machine because it updates utilizing a separate partition. An energetic partition runs within the background, grabbing the replace’s info earlier than slotting it into an inactive partition. That is carried out with out disrupting the consumer’s actions.

Nevertheless, as soon as accomplished, the immediate to restart seems, and the machine will briefly refresh because it switches to that once-inactive partition with the replace.

Take this rumor cautiously as Samsung’s VP as soon as claimed the corporate wished to introduce the A/B technique for units by means of One UI 6. It is unclear what the hang-up was, however actuality reveals that the Galaxy S23 didn’t debut with seamless updates.

What’s extra, Google applied a repair for its seamless updates final yr, which made them a lot sooner. Regardless, Samsung confirmed throughout its Q3 2024 earnings name that it plans to launch the Galaxy S25 collection “within the first half of subsequent yr.” With that, the corporate plans to proceed to innovate and improve its on-device Galaxy AI expertise.