Samsung has released February 2024 security updates for its two mid-range smartphones: Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A53. Earlier today, the Galaxy A71 5G received the same security update. It looks like many mid-range smartphones will soon receive the February 2024 security update.
Galaxy A51 5G gets February 2024 update in Europe, Galaxy A53 gets update across Africa and Asia
The latest software update for the Galaxy A51 5G is available across Europe and comes with firmware versions. A516BXXS8FXA1. New security update for Galaxy A53 has firmware version A536EXXS8DXA8available in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Caucasus, UAE, Tunisia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
The February 2024 security update fixes 72 security flaws found in previous versions of software for Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A53. New updates only include new security patches, so the download size is relatively small. To check for new updates for Galaxy A51 5G and Galaxy A53, setting Apps and Navigate Software updates » Download and install. You can also download the appropriate firmware file to your smartphone and flash it manually. Details about the manual firmware flash process can be found in the firmware database.
Samsung launched the Galaxy A51 5G with Android 10 in early 2020 and received an Android 11 update in late 2020, an Android 12 update in late 2021, and an Android 13 update in late 2022. Galaxy A53 was launched in early 2022 with Android 12 pre-installed. The Android 13 update arrived in late 2022 and the Android 14 update in late 2023.
