No, Samsung isn't exactly late with the Galaxy S10 July update

Last updated: July 22nd, 2019 at 15:26 UTC+01:00

Galaxy S10 owners have had one question on their mind these terminal few days: When is Samsung going to release the July security update for our device? The company has pushed the latest security update to all four of its 2017 and 2018 flagships and even some older ones like the Milky way S7, but the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10+ are still on the June security patch. Is Samsung taking too long to bring the latest security patch to its newest flagships? Yes, information technology is, but it's not exactly late, in a manner of speaking.

Samsung has pushed iv Galaxy S10 security updates since the three devices went on sale, in addition to a couple of problems-fixing updates the visitor had to release when the update with the May security patch and camera Dark way turned out to have a few issues. And while the April security update came out on the 18th day of the calendar month, the other three updates were released later the 20th twenty-four hour period of their corresponding months. The March security update started rolling out on March 29, and the May and June updates were released on May 23 and June 23 respectively.

Samsung's taken its time with virtually every Galaxy S10 update

If we go by the last ii security updates, Samsung isn't really belatedly with the July security update. It's July 22 today (when this article has gone live), and if Samsung releases the update tomorrow, it will 'technically' be right on time. In fact, at least one Galaxy S10+ user in Germany was able to download the July security update on his device in late June and and so received another update with the July patch a week after. The second update had build number G975FXXU2ASG1 and has been confirmed to be legit, so Samsung has certainly been working on it for a few weeks.

If the companydoesn't push out the update tomorrow, then we'd begin to worry. However, there might exist a good reason for Samsung to take longer with the July update compared to the previous Galaxy S10 updates: Testing things thoroughly to forestall any bugs from slipping through.

A longer time in the oven may be a skilful matter

While some of the bug with the May update were quite serious, the June update was positively devastating for Galaxy S10 owners on Verizon'due south network in the The states. They establish themselves locked out of their phone later on installing the June security update, with no mode to unlock their device and the only solution being a factory reset. The same trouble didn't impact the unlocked units in other countries, but we wouldn't be surprised if Samsung has decided to keep the July update in the oven until information technology'south admittedly sure it won't wreak havoc for anyone.

We're just hoping the boosted fourth dimension Samsung is taking for every update isn't because it now has three models of its Galaxy Due south flagship. It shouldn't really exist a factor considering all three Galaxy S10 models should be similar on the software front – the three models do differ in terms of the number of cameras they have, just are otherwise pretty much at par as far every bit software features are concerned. The Galaxy S10e, for example, also gives you lot the Edge screen features despite having a flat AMOLED display.

Of course, one can as well hope Samsung will take some new features or functionality to offer as recompense for making united states wait so long for the side by side Milky way S10 software update. From a dedicated Night mode and a QR code scanner for the camera to vibration feedback for navigation gestures, contempo updates take packed more but the latest security fixes, and that trend will hopefully keep for the next few months.

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