Millions of Samsung owners to receive free Android upgrade – check if you’re phone is on the list

GOOGLE rolls out a new Android system – decked out with sparkly new features – every year, without fail.

But with each year of fresh upgrades, which coincides with a new phone lineup, some devices get left out of the new perks.

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Android 15 – known as One UI 7 for Samsung owners – will arrive later this year, Google has confirmed.

This new operating system is intended to replace Android 14, which rolled out in October 2023.

Full details of the new operating system (OS) – including new features – won’t be unveiled until Google’s I/O conference in May.

Although reports suggests that opening and navigating apps will be faster, as well as improved camera features for third-party apps, such as Facebook and WhatsApp.

While Samsung commits to updating devices for seven years after their launch dates – this does not extend to OS updates.

The Korean phone company only covers important security updates and patches in its seven-year promise.

Therefore Samsung devices only get about four years of Android upgrades, unlike Google and Apple devices which get around seven.

The phones listed below will be eligible for the One UI 7 upgrade:

• Galaxy S24 Ultra
• Galaxy S24+
• Galaxy S24
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
• Galaxy S23+
• Galaxy S23
• Galaxy S23 FE
• Galaxy S22 Ultra
• Galaxy S22+
• Galaxy S22
• Galaxy S21 FE
• Galaxy S21 Ultra
• Galaxy S21+
• Galaxy S21
• Galaxy Z series
• Galaxy Z Fold 6
• Galaxy Z Fold 5
• Galaxy Z Flip 6
• Galaxy Z Flip 5
• Galaxy Z Fold 4
• Galaxy Z Flip 4
• Galaxy Z Fold 3
• Galaxy Z Flip 3
• Galaxy A series
• Galaxy A73
• Galaxy A72
• Galaxy A54
• Galaxy A53
• Galaxy A34
• Galaxy A33
• Galaxy A25
• Galaxy A24
• Galaxy A23
• Galaxy A15 (LTE+5G)
• Galaxy A14 (LTE+5G)
• Galaxy M54
• Galaxy M34
• Galaxy M53
• Galaxy M33
• Galaxy M15

Android 15 – or One UI 7 – won’t be rolling out for a while.

The OS update typically rolls out around October for Google Pixel owners.

Then it trickles out to Samsung owners, starting in Korea.

What this means is, there’s still time to upgrade your device, should One UI 7 have features you can’t live without – that’s if you can’t find your phone model on the list above.