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Samsung‘s July security update is now available for a plethora of Galaxy devices in the US. The company has released the latest security patch for the Galaxy S21 series as well as all recent foldable models, dating back to the Galaxy Z Flip 5G from 2020.
The Galaxy S21 series started picking up the July SMR (Security Maintenance Release) earlier this month. However, the initial rollout was limited to select international markets. Samsung has since expanded the availability of this update to more regions, eventually bringing it to the US.
As of this writing, only the carrier-locked variants of the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra on T-Mobile, Sprint, and Dish networks are picking up the July update in the US. The new firmware build number for the phones is G99*USQS8EWG1. Samsung’s official changelog confirms that the devices aren’t getting anything apart from the latest security fixes.
The July update is available for all Galaxy foldables in the US
Samsung will soon push the July SMR to all carrier-locked and unlocked variants of the Galaxy S21 series in the US. Meanwhile, the latest security patch is also available for the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Z Fold 3, Galaxy Z Flip 3, and Galaxy Z Flip 5G stateside. This means Samsung has updated all of its foldable devices to the July SMR globally. The Galaxy Z Fold 2 has already picked up this update.
The updated firmware build numbers for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 in the US are F936USQS3CWFB (carrier-locked) and F936U1UES3CWF3 (unlocked). Those for the Galaxy Z Flip 4 are F721USQS3CWFB and F721U1UES3CWF3, respectively. Likewise, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is getting the July update with firmware version F926U1UES3FWF3 for factory-unlocked units. It’s F711U1UES4FWF3 for the Galaxy Z Flip 3.
The carrier-locked variants of Samsung’s 2021 foldable smartphones have yet to pick up the July SMR. But the update is available for both variants of the Galaxy Z Flip 5G. The new firmware versions are F707USQS6HWF1 (carrier-locked) and F707U1UES6HWF1 (unlocked). None of these devices are picking up additional goodies with the latest update. It’s all about this month’s security patches, Samsung’s changelogs confirm.
Samsung has already revealed that the July SMR patches 90 vulnerabilities in Galaxy devices. At least three of those are critical security flaws allowing remote code execution without needing additional privileges. If you’re using a Galaxy S21 phone or a Samsung foldable in the US, all of these security fixes will be available to you soon if they haven’t already. You can check for updates from the Settings app.