When does the Galaxy A56 stop getting updates?
Samsung has committed to security updates for the Galaxy A56 until 2031-03-28 and feature updates until 2031-03-28. That is a published commitment, linked below, not an estimate.
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What is published
- Feature updates until
- Security updates until
Basis: Maker commitment, via endoflife.date
endoflife.date records OS EOL and security support both as 2031-03-28 for Galaxy A56 5G. Samsung's UK launch article states up to six generations of Android OS and One UI upgrades and six years of security updates for the Galaxy A series (seven OS generations on A56 Enterprise Edition). These dates are Samsung's published window, not a prediction of when updates will actually stop.
endoflife.date — Samsung mobile, retrieved 2026-08-20
- Shipped with
- Android 15, One UI 7Samsung Newsroom UK — Galaxy A56 5G, A36 5G and A26 5G, retrieved 2026-08-20
What the dates mean
Feature updates are new versions of Android and the maker’s software on top of it. Security updates are fixes for newly found flaws, issued without new features, and they continue after feature updates stop. A phone past its security date still works; it stops being patched. The dates above are the maker’s published window as recorded by the source linked, not a prediction of when updates will actually stop.
What to do with that
Nothing about the Galaxy A56 forces a move today. The row-by-row case for or against replacing it, with what it fetches used, is on Should I upgrade my Galaxy A56?; the full sheet is on the Galaxy A56 page. Every phone’s version of this page is listed at All update timelines.