Android phone and tablet owners know the drill. Google releases monthly security updates for Android and pushes them to supported Pixel devices quickly. Other manufacturers, Samsung, Xiaomi or Sony, to name a few, create patches for their devices and push them to these devices as well.
Depending on how much you paid for the device and its status in the support lifecycle, your devices may also receive monthly security updates. Some devices receive delayed updates, which makes them vulnerable to potential attacks.
Samsung has just posted information about the January 2026 Patch Day, and it is a massive one. The company has corrected a total of 55 security issues.
Here are the highlights:
- The update includes a fix for a critical vulnerability, and 28 vulnerabilities rated high.
- 23 of the included patches are provided by Google (with two not applying to Samsung devices).
- The remaining 34 vulnerabilities come from Samsung Semiconductors (4) and Samsung Mobile (30).
Select Settings > About Phone > Software Update to check manually for the update. Samsung delivers updates on a monthly, quarterly, or biannual schedule.
Samsung’s security model
Samsung releases monthly security updates for Flagship- and Enterprise-devices only. You find Galaxy Fold and Galaxy S supported here mostly. In fact, the only non-Enterprise A-series model is the Galaxy A 56 5G device.
Most non-Flagship devices receive quarterly updates only. This is a problem from a security point of view, as Samsung collects security updates for these devices to release them once every quarter. If you have any A-series device other than the latest A5x, your devices will receive quarterly updates only, unless it is an Enterprise-device.
While Samsung has extended updates support in recent time, only its Flagship devices offer a monthly update frequency.