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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Updates Expected Until Feb 2032

Phone · International Samsung release channel record · Released Feb 2025

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (SM-S938B) is recorded here for International Samsung release channel, released Feb 2025. Its security-support horizon of Feb 2032 is calculated from the maker's published policy. Grade B evidence from 3 cited sources (Samsung Newsroom, Samsung Electronics).

Still getting security updates? Yes

Galaxy S25 Ultra is expected to get security updates until Feb 2032 — about 5 years 4 months from now.

What to do: Keep automatic updates enabled and verify the exact regional model before a used-device purchase.

Grade B: calculated from the manufacturer’s published policy, so treat it as a planning horizon, not a promised last-patch day. How grades work →

Support at a glance · Supported

Policy-derived horizon

Galaxy S25 Ultra: security support is expected through Feb 2032 under the cited policy calculation. Match the model and region below before applying this answer.

Security-support horizon
Expected through Feb 2032
Model and scope
SM-S938B · International Samsung release channel
Evidence classification
B · Policy-derived
Supporting source
Samsung Newsroom: Samsung expands its seven-year Galaxy update commitment ↗Source reviewed

What this status means for Galaxy S25 Ultra

Galaxy S25 Ultra remains within its recorded security-support window through Feb 2032.

What this Galaxy S25 Ultra record covers

Listed model identifiers: SM-S938B.

Recorded model and region: SM-S938B; International Samsung release channel.

Variants marked for separate lifecycle review: SM-S938B.

Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ share the same recorded release and security-support horizon.

From the recorded Feb 2025 release to Feb 2032, the support window spans about 84 months (month precision).

Support timeline

Galaxy S25 Ultra: release, OS upgrade and security support timeline
Open support timeline image ↗
Release dateFeb 2025
OS supportSamsung commits this eligible model or series to 7 generations of Android OS upgrades. Security support remains a separate duration; no exact OS calendar end date is inferred.OS commitment; no inferred calendar date
Security supportUntil Feb 2032month precision
Latest documented firmwareNot documented
Sale and cloud-service evidence
End of sale
Not documented · Official source reviewed; date not publishedReviewed 2026-09-04 against Samsung Newsroom's cited lifecycle record. It does not publish a separate model-specific end-of-sale date for this record; the date remains undocumented and is not inferred from software-support end.
Cloud-service end
Not documented · No reviewed date

Identity and regional scope

Marketed name
Galaxy S25 Ultra
Primary model identifier
SM-S938B
Evidence scope
International Samsung release channel
International modelSM-S938B · International Samsung release channel
Separate lifecycle review requiredAliases: Galaxy S25 Ultra

How the support date was determined

Published policy applied to 2025-02-07; displayed at source-supported precision.

Evidence class
B · Policy-derived
Date precision
Month precision
Jurisdiction/scope
International Samsung release channel

Recall and safety screening

Repairability and battery

iFixit smartphone repairability score · Scorecard v2.0Editorial assessment · evidence C · checked Sep 2026
Repairability score
5/10

Exact marketed-name match on iFixit's official smartphone score page; iFixit marks this score provisional. This editorial score is not a government rating and is not comparable with EPREL or French schemes.

Smartphone Repairability Scores · iFixit ↗

Update cadence

Monthly. Checked 8 September 2026; Samsung may change this schedule, and carrier or regional delivery can differ.

Not yet documented for this record: model-and-region firmware version. Reading this record

Nearest Samsung phone records by release date

RecordReleasedSecurity supportGrade
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (this record)Feb 2025Feb 2032B
Samsung Galaxy S25Feb 2025Feb 2032B
Samsung Galaxy S25+Feb 2025Feb 2032B
Samsung Galaxy A26 5GMar 2025Mar 2031B
Samsung Galaxy A36 5GMar 2025Mar 2031A
Samsung Galaxy A56 5GMar 2025Mar 2032A

Longer-supported catalog records

Evidence

Last reviewed by Feroz Sheikh · 3 cited sources

B
Samsung expands its seven-year Galaxy update commitment

Samsung Newsroom · Worldwide manufacturer policy · Checked Sep 2026 · month precision

Official source ↗
A
Galaxy S25 Ultra (SM-S938B) software-release identity

Samsung Electronics · International Samsung release channel · Checked Sep 2026 · unknown precision

Official source ↗
A
Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Sets the Standard of AI Phone

Samsung Newsroom · Worldwide launch announcement · Checked Sep 2026 · unknown precision

Official source ↗

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Model
SM-S938B
Record scope
International Samsung release channel

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Claim-to-evidence provenance
Sales availability reviewReviewed 2026-09-04 against Samsung Newsroom's cited lifecycle record. It does not publish a separate model-specific end-of-sale date for this record; the date remains undocumented and is not inferred from software-support end.
B

Samsung Newsroom · Worldwide manufacturer policy · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

limits capture · 11235ef573b7…

Samsung's official lifecycle commitment provides seven generations of OS upgrades and seven years of security updates for eligible flagship Galaxy devices.

Official source reviewed for this separate field; absence is retained as unknown and is not converted into an inferred fact.Captured Sep 2026 · parser official-source-capability-review-v2
Open Samsung expands its seven-year Galaxy update commitment ↗
Firmware evidence reviewReviewed 2026-09-04 against Samsung Newsroom's cited lifecycle record. This source is not an exact model-and-region current firmware ledger, so no build is inferred; the current firmware remains undocumented.
B

Samsung Newsroom · Worldwide manufacturer policy · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

limits capture · 11235ef573b7…

Samsung's official lifecycle commitment provides seven generations of OS upgrades and seven years of security updates for eligible flagship Galaxy devices.

Official source reviewed for this separate field; absence is retained as unknown and is not converted into an inferred fact.Captured Sep 2026 · parser official-source-capability-review-v2
Open Samsung expands its seven-year Galaxy update commitment ↗
Hardware model identityGalaxy S25 Ultra · SM-S938B · international Samsung release channel
A

Samsung Electronics · International Samsung release channel · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

supports capture · b1a26f9bc229…

Samsung's official model-keyed software-release ledger identifies Galaxy S25 Ultra by exact international hardware model SM-S938B. Firmware rollout remains region and operator specific.

Official Samsung release ledger keyed to the exact international model code.Captured Sep 2026 · parser samsung-model-identity-v1
Open Galaxy S25 Ultra (SM-S938B) software-release identity ↗
OS upgrade commitmentSamsung commits this eligible model or series to 7 generations of Android OS upgrades. Security support remains a separate duration; no exact OS calendar end date is inferred.
A

Samsung Newsroom · Worldwide launch announcement · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

supports capture · 62df260bd06f…

Samsung states that the Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra receive seven OS generation upgrades and seven years of security updates. (Published 2025-01-23.)

Model-specific Samsung announcement stating the OS-upgrade generation count; security support stays a separate duration.Captured Sep 2026 · parser samsung-os-generation-commitment-v2
Open Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Sets the Standard of AI Phone ↗
Official recall checkNo exact marketed-name or model-code match found in the CPSC recall dataset as of 2026-09-04. This US-only name screening is not proof that no recall exists; check the exact model, carrier and local regulator. · day precision
A

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · United States · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

screened against capture · b1855338fc80…

The CPSC full recall dataset was checked by exact marketed device name and recorded model identifier. No exact match was found for the seeded catalog in the 4 September 2026 screening run.

Dated exact-name/model regulator screening capture.Captured Sep 2026 · parser cpsc-name-screen-v1
Open Recalls & Product Safety Warnings ↗
Recommended next stepKeep automatic updates enabled and verify the exact regional model before a used-device purchase. · day precision
B

Samsung Newsroom · Worldwide manufacturer policy · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

supports capture · 11235ef573b7…

Samsung's official lifecycle commitment provides seven generations of OS upgrades and seven years of security updates for eligible flagship Galaxy devices.

Reviewed bootstrap source capture.Captured Sep 2026 · parser curated-catalog-2026-09-04-v2
Open Samsung expands its seven-year Galaxy update commitment ↗
Security support endFeb 2032 · month precision
B

Samsung Newsroom · Worldwide manufacturer policy · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

supports capture · 11235ef573b7…

Samsung's official lifecycle commitment provides seven generations of OS upgrades and seven years of security updates for eligible flagship Galaxy devices.

Reviewed bootstrap source capture.Captured Sep 2026 · parser curated-catalog-2026-09-04-v2
Open Samsung expands its seven-year Galaxy update commitment ↗
Security update frequencyMonthly. Checked 8 September 2026; Samsung may change this schedule, and carrier or regional delivery can differ. · day precision
A

Samsung Electronics · Samsung published model scope; region and carrier delivery may differ · checked Sep 2026 · reviewed by Feroz Sheikh

supports capture · 04d928e7dc71…

Galaxy S25 Ultra: Monthly. Samsung's security scope checked on 8 September 2026. Its model lists change over time, and carriers can deliver quarterly updates even for a listed monthly model.

Exact scope retained; no support-end date inferred from firmware or cadence.Captured Sep 2026 · parser official-device-enrichment-2026-09-08-v1
Open Samsung Security Updates: model cadence scope ↗
Revision history · 11 entries in 6 groups

Repeated entries are summarized once. The complete dated audit trail is retained separately.

Reviewed and updated this public record with material evidence changes.Feroz Sheikh · Recorded 6 timesFrom 2026-09-04 to 2026-09-086 distinct recorded actions
Clarified the canonical model, hardware identifiers, or regional variant scope.Feroz Sheikh · Recorded once2026-09-041 distinct recorded action
Updated lifecycle evidence, date precision, or the controlling support-policy explanation.system:scope-clarification-migration · Recorded once2026-09-041 distinct recorded action
Added reviewed repairability or battery evidence with its scheme and jurisdiction.Feroz Sheikh · Recorded once2026-09-041 distinct recorded action
Reviewed and updated this public record with material evidence changes.import:endoflife-date · Recorded once2026-09-041 distinct recorded action
Updated lifecycle evidence, date precision, or the controlling support-policy explanation.Feroz Sheikh · Recorded once2026-09-041 distinct recorded action

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