Samsung's Android 12 frenzy continues with the Galaxy S10 series, OG Z Flip, and Tab S7 duo
Samsung has been the heavyweight world champion of Android updates for several years now, but even by that standard, the tech giant is absolutely crushing it this week, meeting and even exceeding its most ambitious One UI 4.0 rollout targets for a bunch of devices as old as two and a half years.
Believe it or not, the early 2019-released Galaxy S10, S10+, and S10e are already receiving their (hopefully) stable Android 12 goodie packs containing Samsung's latest proprietary OS optimizations, UI tweaks, and add-ons.
The official over-the-air updates for the aging S10-series flagships that were released running Android 9.0 Pie with One UI 1.1 on top are reportedly arriving in European markets like Germany mere hours after the same exact OS promotions started rolling out to last year's Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G, as well as the Note 20 and S20 families.
It's safe to assume therefore that the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ will be following suit before long, possibly beating their most optimistic goal of a January 2022 update as well by a day or two.
We also fully expect Samsung to be able to spread the Android 12 and One UI 4.0 love across the world for the Galaxy S10 lineup very soon, especially after looking at the long list of European countries where the update is already available for an OTA download and installation on the Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+.
That's right, the company's latest high-end tablets are also ready to leave Android 11 behind everywhere from Austria to the Baltic region, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Nordic countries, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southeast Europe, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK.
That's just the beginning, mind you, and if this writer was a betting man, he'd definitely expect the US to join the party in a matter of days.
Finally, the first-gen Galaxy Z Flip and the Z Flip 5G are both being upgraded from Android 11 to OS version 12 as we speak in a couple of European countries, with many more to follow soon.
What's next, the Galaxy S9 series and the Note 9? Probably not, but even if Samsung were to take a break of one or two months now (which will obviously not be the case), the competition would still be several months behind on the software support front. And that, our friends, is how a king earns its crown.
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