Samsung has downgraded the Galaxy A52s to quarterly security updates three years after it hit retail shelves. All Galaxy A52 models received security updates monthly in their first three years on the market, in addition to the major One UI and Android updates.
The Galaxy A52 and A52 5G stopped receiving monthly security updates earlier this year, and Samsung has now taken the A52s down a notch as well. Starting this month, expect to see new updates on your A52s every 12 weeks or so.
Samsung promises a minimum of four years of security updates to most Galaxy smartphones launched after 2019, so the A52s will get these updates until at least October 2025. The popularity of the Galaxy A52 lineup could result in Samsung extending support into the fifth year, but we will obviously have to wait to find out if that will actually happen.
The A52s' downgrade to a quarterly security update schedule comes five months after it received its final One UI update. The phone will forever stay on Android 14 and One UI 6.1, so you may want to look into upgrading to a newer device.
The Galaxy A55 is a fantastic upgrade that won't disappoint you. It's the first phone in Samsung's Galaxy A5x lineup that can match and exceeds the performance of the Galaxy A52s. It offers multiple other advantages as well, including support for four major Android OS updates.
If you want more than four major Android updates, you will have to wait until next year. Samsung's newest entry-level A-series phone, the Galaxy A16 5G, is eligible for updates for six years, and it should be the same for the Galaxy A56 and any other A-series devices launching in the future.
