Goodnight, sweet prince: Awesome life expectancy for an Android, but now it’s time to move on
Four years after it first hit shelves, Samsung has finally stopped issuing security patches for the venerable Galaxy S8. The phone, first released in early 2017, no longer features on the company’s list of supported devices, signifying its end of life. Early signs of the phone’s looming discontinuation came last March, when Samsung ceased offering monthly security updates, switching to a quarterly schedule. By the standards of Android, four years of continuous support is good even if the S8 never received a software update beyond Android 9 Pie.
