Samsung starts rolling out Android 14 to the Galaxy S21 series

One of Samsung’s most popular flagships, the Galaxy S21, is getting the Android 14 treatment. After its younger brothers received the update earlier this week, the Galaxy S21, along with its twins, Galaxy S21+ and S21 Ultra, are now eligible for their penultimate major Android OS upgrade.

Currently, Samsung is rolling out the stable version Android 14 A UI 6 update to the global version of the Galaxy S21 series. According to SamMobileFirmware version report G99xBXXU9FWK2 is now available in several European countries, but we can assume that the availability of the update will expand to more territories in the coming weeks.

The update weighs around 2.3 GB and includes the November 2023 security patch according to the official changelog. If you’re headquartered in Europe and own a Galaxy S21 series phone, it doesn’t hurt to check for the update by heading to Settings / Software Update.

The Galaxy S21 series debuted in early 2021, so it comes with Android 11 on board. This means that this would be the third major update to the phone’s operating system, so it’s likely that Android 15 will be the last.

Of course, all Galaxy S21 series phones will continue to receive security updates for a few more years, but we highly recommend upgrading to a newer phone sometime in 2024 if you want to stay up to date with the Google’s Android operating system.