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In April 2022, Samsung officially ended software support for the and S9+ , marking the conclusion of a four-year lifecycle for the 2018 flagship series. This final milestone was signaled by the deployment of a surprise security update, which provided one last layer of protection before the devices were removed from Samsung’s official update tracker. The Final Security Update

The Galaxy S9 series followed a standard (at the time) trajectory of support: : Released in 2018 with Android 8.0 Oreo . 2022---Galaxy-S9--Samsung-deploys-a-final-security-update

: Without new patches, the devices are increasingly vulnerable to new malware and exploits. In April 2022, Samsung officially ended software support

With official support ended, users still holding onto the S9 face several considerations: In April 2022