As usual, newer flagships will get the updates early, and cheaper, older devices still under support will have to wait their turn later in the month. For those with older phones, it’s always worth checking you’re still on support. There are now between 500 and 750 million Android devices that are not, and plenty of those are Samsungs.

If before today you’d asked us what chipset the Samsung Galaxy S25 series would use, we’d have guessed some combination of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and the Exynos 2500. After all, chipsets from one or – usually – both of those lines are used every year,

Samsung is seemingly turning to an unlikely partner as it falls short of the amount of Android processors needed for the Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Samsung typically launches its flagship Galaxy S-series smartphones early in the year. It is likely that the company will follow this trend for the Galaxy S25 series as well

Samsung may switch to all-Snapdragon processors for the Galaxy S25 series due to production issues with the Exynos 2500 chip. Learn more about what this means for consumers and Samsungs future in semiconductor development.