It appears that Samsung has finally added Google's famed Seamless Update feature on its smartphones, and the first phone to feature this happens to be the newly released Galaxy A55, which is strange since all the Samsung flagships still lack this feature.
Six years after its announcement, Samsung finally introduces Seamless Updates to Galaxy A55
With Seamless Update now available on the Galaxy A55, users are now given two panels. One talks about how the update is being downloaded and installed, while the other talks about how it is being verified. This means that you will not have to go through an arduous process of installing an update. This new change was confirmed by several users, including Mishaal Rahman, on his Twitter account.
Samsung may have finally implemented seamless updates on their Android devices! When updating the new Galaxy A55 5G, users have noticed that the software update screen now shows a "downloading and installing" as well as "verification" steps.
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— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) March 21, 2024
Now, for those who are not aware, Seamless Updates was first introduced back in 2016, and it works differently from the traditional update method, where you would have to restart your device after the update is complete. This feature would allow the device to download and install the software in the background, which was made possible with the help of a secondary system partition. For some reason, Samsung never jumped the ship, but it appears that the Galaxy A55 is the first Samsung phone to do so.
In case you are wondering why the Galaxy A55 getting Seamless Updates is a big thing, it's because this method brings a number of benefits. For starters, it provides better safety to the backup partition, as the device has the option to revert back in case there are any errors during the installation. Sure, it does take more internal storage since the phone now handles two different partitions, but considering how modern smartphones have many built-in storage options, this is not an issue.
Do note that Seamless Updates was not available on the Galaxy A55 at launch, and it only arrived with the latest update. This means there is a possibility that this feature might roll out to other Samsung devices as well. This would make the most sense as to why Samsung would want to keep this feature limited to just one device.
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