Few companies do software support as well as Samsung, slow One UI 7 rollout notwithstanding. Now, months after officially ending support for the five-year-old Galaxy S20 series, the company is back with one additional patch, now rolling out to Verizon customers.

The update, as spotted by SammyGuru, is now available for the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra. As you’d probably expect from a 2020 lineup that’s no longer supported, this release includes a bump to the July 2025 security patch, after a supposed final move to the March 2025 patch earlier this year. Though this patch is starting with Verizon customers, presumably, it’ll roll out to other devices on other networks in the coming weeks. Here’s those patch numbers:

  • Galaxy S20: G981VSQSDHYG2
  • Galaxy S20+: G986USQSDHYG2
  • Galaxy S20 Ultra: G988USQSDHYG2 

There’s no official changelog for this update outside of those security fixes, nor is there an explanation for why Samsung decided to roll out this update to a discontinued series of devices in the first place. It’s not entirely uncommon for OEMs to deliver unexpected updates, though it’s far from common. Google usually rolls out one final big patch for its Pixel devices reaching EOL — along with battery fixes that are growing in frequency — while Samsung will occasionally drop one final patch months down the road, as we’ve seen with today’s release.

The Galaxy S20 series received a full five years of software support, though the company’s only gotten better since its release in 2020. These days, devices like the Galaxy S25 series receive seven years of OS and security patch support, tying Google’s promised lifespan and matching what consumers have come to expect from Apple’s (unspoken) iPhone policies. If you’re still rocking a Galaxy S20 after all these years, you’ll want to install these security fixes as soon as you receive them — usually, there’s a pretty important reason for a device lineup springing back to life like this.

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