Pour one out for the Galaxy Notice line as updates come to an finish

The Galaxy Notice collection was iconic in its day, however time waits for no gadget, and now the final fashions have lastly been lower off. Samsung has stopped supporting the Galaxy Notice 20 and Notice 20 Extremely, with the August 2025 safety patch confirmed as their closing replace.

As noticed on the r/GalaxyNote20 subreddit, the 2 telephones have disappeared from Samsung’s official replace record. Meaning they’ll stay on Android 13 with One UI 5.1, and house owners gained’t see any extra month-to-month or quarterly patches.

The tip has lengthy been in sight for Samsung’s 2020 flagships. The Notice 20 collection launched with Android 10 and acquired three OS upgrades earlier than shifting to safety patches solely. Samsung briefly reinstated them to month-to-month updates final April after first demoting them to quarterly help, however that was solely ever a brief reprieve.

On Reddit, longtime Notice customers referred to as out options they nonetheless miss on newer units, equivalent to microSD growth. Others say their Notice 20 Extremely continues to be working properly other than an getting older digicam or battery, with some planning to maintain utilizing it as a essential telephone or hand it down as a secondary gadget.

Your complete Notice model was retired after the Notice 20, with the Galaxy S Extremely taking on as Samsung’s S Pen powerhouse. Lots of the Galaxy Z Fold fashions additionally supported the stylus, although and not using a built-in slot. However the Notice collection is formally accomplished, and it’ll be missed.