It was found that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy S23 Ultra were both stuck on the July 2023 update, while Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S21 were on the October update. The issue seems to be encompassing many different Galaxy devices across different versions of Android. In October, for example, Google delivered support for pairing Wear OS to multiple Android phones, disabled Nearby Share in work profiles, and more.Īs reported by Galax圜lub, some Samsung Galaxy phones have been sitting on the same Google Play system updates for several months or even longer. Often, these updates can even bring bigger improvements. For instance, the latest Google Play system update includes changes to the Play Store, support for QR code scanning in Wallet, and more.
Models that were previously affected by delayed updates are now able to pull them down, though a Galaxy S20 Ultra apparently still brings back an error message saying that “updates are temporarily unavailable.”įirst things first, what is a Google Play system update? Distributed outside of major Android updates, a Google Play system update handles certain system features, often tied back to Google products.
Update 1/12/24: As reported by Galax圜lub, this issue appears to now be fixed. Samsung has gotten way better about rolling out major Android updates, but it seems a problem is ongoing with Google Play system updates, as some Galaxy devices haven’t been updated in months.
