Google has now released details of October’s Android security update, warning that the most “severe” of seven high-severity vulnerabilities “could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed.” There are also a raft of high-severity fixes for third-party components, which leave devices at risk.

The Edge Panel is an example of what Samsung Galaxy phones do really well: It gives you a ton of options and features to play around with. You get more choices when it comes to font styles and color modes on Galaxy phones, whereas Pixel phones tend to be a little simpler and more minimal across the interface and the settings screens.

Samsung's One UI 7 OS won't arrive until the Galaxy S25. Is ambitious software pushing us back to the dark days of sluggish updates?

The lack of updates is a shame. Most Android manufacturers provide roughly three major OS updates over a product’s lifespan, but Microsoft strayed from that pattern. On the other hand, at least Samsung is focused on longevity — its budget-focused phones may be getting as much as six years of support.

Even as Samsung flagship devices fly from shelves, there’s bad news coming for million of Galaxy owners who have paid significantly more than $1000 for a latest, greatest smartphone. And with the launches of Apple’s iPhone 16 and Google’s Pixel 9, there’s little room for mistakes with competition fiercer than we’ve seen before.