The October 2024 safety replace is rolling out to the Galaxy S22 sequence. The preliminary launch is for the Exynos-powered Galaxy S22, S22+, and S22 Extremely offered in Europe. It should not take lengthy for the replace to start out rolling out to the Snapdragon-powered variants offered in different components of the world.

The replace is identifiable by the construct quantity S90xBXXSCEXI4. You may obtain it over the air out of your cellphone’s Settings » Software program replace menu. The newest firmware is out there on SamMobile as nicely.

October 2024 replace fixes 40+ safety vulnerabilities

The October 2024 safety patch, the one factor included within the new Galaxy S22 sequence replace, addresses 42 safety vulnerabilities. 30 of these are widespread to all Android gadgets whereas 12 vulnerabilities have an effect on solely Galaxy smartphones and tablets. There’s additionally a repair for a safety flaw on gadgets powered by choose Exynos chips, however the Exynos 2200 contained in the Galaxy S22 sequence is unaffected.

For many who missed it, we are going to solely see safety updates for Samsung telephones and tablets for the rest of this 12 months. Whereas some markets will get a beta program permitting customers to check Android 15 and One UI 7.0 this 12 months, Samsung has delayed the official launch of the subsequent main Android and One UI improve to 2025. The Galaxy S25 sequence would be the first to get the secure model of One UI 7.0.