These Samsung flagships won't get Android 10 update: Check if your phone is eligible

Samsung's former flagships, also the best-sellers of their time, are not going to be updated with Android 10.

If you've been eagerly waiting for Android 10 update for your phone, some Samsung users might be out of luck. The South Korean tech giant revealed Android 10 roadmap for its phones in different markets, including, China and India - the two largest smartphone markets in the world.

According to Samsung, Android 10 update is going to be available for more than 40 Galaxy devices and the rollout is going to commence next year. The list of eligible devices for Android 10 include flagships like Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 as well as some affordable models like the Galaxy J6. But three former flagships termed the best-sellers of their time, won't be getting the update.

Samsung's 2017 flagships, the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Galaxy Note 8, won't be receiving Android 10 update at all. But that shouldn't come as a surprise as the devices were only supposed to receive two major updates, which Samsung delivered with Android Oreo and Android Pie.

If this comes as a disappointment, there could be ways to get Android 10 via custom ROM installations, but those methods are not officially certified by Samsung. Users must be well-versed with flashing third-party ROM on phones in order to carry out Android 10 update on Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 when available.

Owners of Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8 will still receive some software updates, but they will mostly be security patches. Without Android 10 update, users will be missing out on a lot of cool features, such as dark mode, new gestures and more.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 as seen on its official websiteSamsung

Many Samsung devices launched in 2018 or later will be eligible for Android 10. The update process is going to be a lengthy and slow process for Samsung device owners, but this is due to the customisations of Samsung's own UI, the OneUI 2.0, based on Android. Here's a list of smartphones that are eligible for the update somewhere between January and September next year.

Android 10: Eligible Samsung smartphones

January 2020