The Samsung Galaxy Note10 is the first mobile to be updated with the January 2023 security patch.

Google has not yet published the security bulletin announcing the arrival of the January Android security updatethe first of the year 2023. However, as usual, Samsung has managed to get aheadand one of its most popular mobiles in recent years now has the latest version of the android security patch.

Its about Samsung Galaxy Note10a model launched in the middle of the year 2019, which has become the first mobile to have the Android update of January 2023 available. Owners of one of the two models that make up this family can already download the latest security patch and protect against possible threats that could take advantage of vulnerabilities present in the previous version of the software.

The first update of the year comes to the Galaxy Note10

According to Samsung official upgrade scheduleboth the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ are eligible to receive security updates on a quarterly basisas more than three years have passed since its launch.

Both models, as indicate in SamMobilehave started receiving the update with the January security patch on Swissand it is expected that as the days go by it will be available in the rest of the European regions and the world.

The update comes under the firmware version N970FXXS8HVL3available both for the “normal” model and for the “Plus” version. It is a version based on Android 12since neither of the two models are part of the list of Samsung phones compatible with the update to Android 13.

Neither Samsung nor Google have released the official changelog of the January 2023 security patch. We will have to wait for the bulletin to be published to see first-hand the improvements and solutions that this update brings with it.