After updating the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S23 phones to the July 2023 security patch yesterday, Samsung has released the latest security update for the Galaxy A53 5G. The rollout has begun in Latin America. The company should expand the release to other markets, including the US, over the next few weeks.
As of this writing, the July SMR (Security Maintenance Release) for the Galaxy A53 5G is available to users in Bolivia and Panama. The new firmware build number for the phone is A536EXXS7CWF6 (via SamMobile). Samsung should roll out the update in more countries in the region soon, followed by a wider release globally.
The premium mid-range phone isn’t getting apart from the latest security fixes. But neither Google nor Samsung has published the detailed content yet. Samsung will only update its security updates tracker after Google does. So we might have to wait a few more days to confirm what the July SMR brings to Galaxy devices.
As usual, we should get dozens of vulnerability fixes, including a few critical ones. The majority of those should be Android OS fixes with Samsung patching a handful of Galaxy-specific issues. Note that not every Galaxy device is affected by all of those issues. But every model is vulnerable to at least one of them. So it’s important to install the latest security patches as soon as possible.
Your Galaxy device will send a notification once a new OTA (over the air) update is available for it. You can tap on the notification and follow the on-screen instructions to install the update. Alternatively, you can navigate to Settings > Software update > Download and install to check for updates manually. Since updates are usually released in batches, they may now be available to all eligible users at the same time. Check again later if you don’t find any updates today.
The Galaxy A53 5G will get the Android 14 update
The Galaxy A53 5G is Samsung’s premium midrange phone from 2022. It debuted with Android 12 out of the box and has already received an update to Android 14, which may arrive at the end of this year. The device will also get Android 15 and Android 16 in its lifetime, while security updates will come at least until March 2027. The frequency of these updates will come down over time, though. It will not get monthly updates forever. Rest assured, we will keep you posted with every new update for the Galaxy A53 5G.
2023-07-04 15:04:18