Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra were launched earlier this week, and in later days the details of various characteristics have come out, such as support for satellite connectivity. The latest handsets of the South Korean tech group are allegedly capable of setting up an update, while the phone is running, reducing the time taken in the reboot after an update. This feature was introduced with Android 7.1, and was improved in 2020 with the advent of Android 11.
Samsung Galaxy S25 series became the first flagship model of the firm to support the spontaneous update
According to an Android police ReportSamsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 are the first Galaxy S series smartphones to come with support for Ultra, Seemless updates. The Samsung is one of the last major smartphone manufacturers applying support for seamless updates, introduced by Google for the first time almost a decade ago.
The firm launched its first handset with Samsung Galaxy A55 5G (review) last year with support for seamless updates. The Galaxy S25 lineup has three models the first Galaxy S series models that provide the same functionality.
In the report, Android expert Mishal Rahman explains that Samsung has not offered support for the old version of the older version of Google (introduced with Android 7.1), which uses A/B division, as The system is accompanied by two copies of the system, as it is required more storage on the user’s device.
Samsung Galaxy S25 uses Google’s new virtual A/B update scheme
Photo Credit: X/ Mishal Rahman
The A/B update allows the phone to install an update for another division, while the phone is running (A), then reboot for updated partition (B). If the process fails, the phone boots in the previous division (A) and tries to re -establish the update on B.
Instead, Samsung has used non-A/B seamless update mechanism, which was introduced five years ago with the advent of Android 11. Incidentally, Google’s Pixel Phone has supported the modern version of the seamless update since it was unveiled in 2020.
Non-A/B seamless updates use lower storage than the old A/B version, and they allow the phone to apply the patch on the “compressed snapshot” of the division that need to be updated. According to the report, the new fix included in the update is pushed into the so -called snapshot, rather than relying on two partitions.
As a result of Samsung, to finally add support for spontaneous updates with the Galaxy S25 series, customers will not have to spend a few minutes after each software update, the system will have to wait to reboot and install it – a process that a process that Usually takes a few minutes.
