Samsung is on a roll today. The company has released new security patches to a lot of smartphones over the past few hours. After releasing the November 2021 security update to the Galaxy S21 series, the South Korean firm has released the October 2021 security update to the Galaxy A71.
The latest software update for the Galaxy A71 comes with firmware version A715FXXS7BUJ1. The update is currently available in Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Slovakia, Greece, France, Slovakia, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and the UK. It comes with the October 2021 security patch that promises to fix over 60 vulnerabilities.
If you are a Galaxy A71 user in any of the countries mentioned above, you can check for the latest OTA update by navigating to Settings » Software update and tapping on Download and install. You can also download the latest firmware file from our firmware database and flash it manually using a Windows computer.
Samsung had launched the Galaxy A71 early last year with Android 10 on board. The mid-range smartphone received the Android 11-based One UI 3 update earlier this year.
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