Galaxy A53 5G grabs August 2024 update in India, Canada

Samsung is expanding the August 2024 security update to Galaxy A53 5G users in Canada and India. This update is already available in Korea and the US. The company is working to make it available for all models.

Users of the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G smartphones are getting the August 2024 security update in India and Canada with builds given below.

• Canada – A536WVLUBEXH1 (277MB)
• India – A536EXXSBEXH1 (254MB)

The latest update contains the Security Maintenance Release (SMR), combining patches from Google and Samsung. Google addresses 1 critical, 34 high-level vulnerabilities in Android, although 2 are irrelevant to Galaxy devices.

Samsung has also addressed 14 Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures (SVE) to strengthen device security further. These vulnerabilities mainly impact components such as system service, Knox services, Galaxy Watch, and more.

To check for software updates manually, head toward your phone’s Settings. At the bottom, you will get the Software Update section, simply open it. Inside the submenu, you need to hit the Download and Install button if your Galaxy fetches a new OTA.

Aside from this, Samsung is internally testing Android 15-based One UI 7 on the Galaxy A53 smartphone along with the Galaxy A73 and Galaxy A53. These smartphones were spotted on the Geekbench Platform with the next software iteration last month.