[Poll Results] How much do you care about Android updates?

While Samsung has been working harder than earlier to release software updates to more smartphones and tablets, there have been a few instances where devices are running two-year older versions of Android. For example, the South Korean smartphone giant is yet to release Android 7.0 to the Galaxy A7 (2017), and it's still running Android 6.0, which was released by Google back in 2015.

Google released the fourth beta version of Android O yesterday, and it's a matter of weeks before the final version is released. However, we also know that Samsung brings a lot of features earlier than Google. Features like iris recognition, Secure Folder, themes, and Always On Display, which are available on Samsung's phones are not available in the stock version of Android. So, we wanted to know how much our readers care about Android updates for their smartphones, tablets, and other devices.

How important are Android updates and security patches for you? Cast your vote in the poll below, and let us know your thoughts about Android updates as well as Samsung's software update policy.

Poll Results: As per the results, most SamMobile readers (74%) who participated in the poll care about every software update, be it Android version upgrades, bug fixes, or security patches. About 20% of our readers who casted their votes in this poll only care about major Android updates.

Some voters (2%) don't care about software updates as long as they get to use the features they want, while others don't like changes to their phone's software as long as their devices work as expected. Around 1% of voters say that they do care about updates, but they don't like UI changes.

Do you care about Android updates?

Yes, I want every small update 37%, 3829 votes
3829 votes 37%
3829 votes - 37% of all votes
Yes, I want every small update 37%, 3829 votes
3829 votes 37%
3829 votes - 37% of all votes
I only care about major Android updates 10%, 1047 votes
1047 votes 10%
1047 votes - 10% of all votes
I only care about major Android updates 10%, 1047 votes
1047 votes 10%
1047 votes - 10% of all votes
I don’t care about updates, as long as I get to use features 1%, 109 votes
109 votes 1%
109 votes - 1% of all votes
I don’t care about updates, as long as I get to use features 1%, 109 votes
109 votes 1%
109 votes - 1% of all votes
Updates? As long as my phone works fine, I don’t want anything to change 1%, 101 vote
101 vote 1%
101 vote - 1% of all votes
Updates? As long as my phone works fine, I don’t want anything to change 1%, 101 vote
101 vote 1%
101 vote - 1% of all votes
I care about updates but I don’t like UI changes 1%, 68 votes
68 votes 1%
68 votes - 1% of all votes
I care about updates but I don’t like UI changes 1%, 68 votes
68 votes 1%
68 votes - 1% of all votes

Total Votes: 10308

25 July 2017

Voting is closed

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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First Samsung device: T100

Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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