Popular tablets no longer supported Galaxy Tab S3 (2017), Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), Galaxy Tab E 8.0 (2016) Samsung has a bit of a mixed history in offering consistent security update policies, but this changed recently when it announced it will be offering at least four years of updates for Galaxy products released since 2019.
What you need to know. Samsung has rolled out a new update for the Galaxy Tab S2 on Verizon. The update brings the October 2020 Android security patch to the five-year-old tablet. Samsung Galaxy A40 and Galaxy A10 smartphones, which were released in the spring of 2019, have now completed their four-year software support cycle under Samsung’s update policy and will no longer receive software updates. Similarly, the Galaxy Tab S5e (SM-T72x) and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) (SM-T51x) tablets have also reached the end of theirDepending on your use case, you could be fine for years after the official support ends. I might keep mine for 2-3 years depending on how sluggish it gets. Unless you really want the latest Android and security updates, you can expect a Samsung tablet to last well beyond the time when it's relevant to you.
The Galaxy Tab 2 has all those things, and runs Android 4.0, with support for widgets, multitasking and Google’s Chrome browser. Con: Middling Specs the iPad is still the only game in town. Samsung has released the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 stable update for the Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021), which was announced in December 2021 with Android 11.. The update is rolling out for the Wi-Fi P5oI.