Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra successful February 2023 with Android 13-based One UI 5.1, and aboriginal successful October, the marque introduced the Galaxy S23 FE with the aforesaid OS. But that was the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered model, arsenic the Exynos 2200-powered mentation ran Android 14-based One UI 6 retired of the box. Regardless of which exemplary you own, the Android 17-based One UI 9 volition beryllium the past large OS upgrade for the smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE
This revelation comes done an X idiosyncratic who posted a screenshot of an alleged chat with a Samsung Korea representative, confirming Android 17 arsenic the past OS upgrade for the Galaxy S23 FE with exemplary designation SM-S711N. That - you guessed it close - is the Korean S23 FE, powered by the Exynos 2200 SoC, which ran Android 14 retired of the container and not Android 13.
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE
Since the Galaxy S23 lineup came with the committedness of 4 OS upgrades, the Korean/Exynos-powered S23 FE should person Android 18 arsenic the past large OS upgrade. And that's thing the Samsung typical besides confirmed, arsenic they said the smartphone was initially expected to person OS upgrades till Android 18, but plans changed.
Conversation with a Samsung typical (machine translated from Korean)
It's besides worthy noting that each Galaxy S23 FE models, but the 1 launched successful the US, are powered by the Exynos 2200 chip. The US exemplary has the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC astatine the helm.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
That said, Android 17-based One UI 9 won't beryllium the past large OS upgrade lone for the S23 FE, but besides for the different 3 smartphones successful the S23 lineup. Samsung is already moving connected One UI 9 for the S23 series, but we don't person an nonstop day for the rollout of the unchangeable version.
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