T-Mobile releases March 2023 One UI 5.1 patch for Samsung Galaxy S20

T-Mobile starts rolling out the March 2023 One UI 5.1 patch to the Samsung Galaxy S20 series. The latest firmware aims to improve your smartphone’s system security and reliability to keep the data safe against exploits and vulnerabilities.

Consumers of T-Mobile carrier can identify the March 2023 One UI 5.1 patch on your Samsung Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 Plus, or S20 Ultra via PDA firmware versions G981USQS3HWB6, G986USQS3HWB6 or G988USQS3HWB6, respectively.

Notably, the carrier rolled out a major One UI 5.1 update to the Galaxy S20 series in the first week of March. And this new patch update comes as a big improvement over the previous version with additional optimization and performance boost.

Have you installed the March 2023 patch on your Samsung device?

Here’s how it’s crucial:

Earlier this month, the company revealed that its March patch brings fixes for five critical common vulnerability exposers. Moreover, there are fixes for about three dozen high-level CVEs for the Android operating system by Google.

For additional reliability, the Korean tech giant has included 26 SVE (patches to One UI). These Galaxy-exclusive patches include improvements for the native Phone app, System UI, Samsung Keyboard, Galaxy Themes, and more. You can read about it in detail here.

Since the rollout is happening gradually, the carrier may take some time to announce a wider availability. Meanwhile, we hope that other US carriers may soon debut the March patches for their Galaxy S20 series for better security and user privacy.

How to download:

First, open system Settings, then tap on Software update and finally hit Download and install button.

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