Wondering where the April update was for your Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, or Galaxy S22 Ultra? It’s here, man. Chill. Verizon is now pushing the update to its newest Samsung devices, so other carriers and unlocked units should see it any moment as well.
The update is (naturally) underwhelming as just a security patch with April’s fixes. Actually, that’s somewhat untrue, as Verizon lists “performance improvements” too, we just don’t know where those will show up. Are we talking less throttling and more fun or app improvements that will lead to better performance? Who knows! All we can do is grab the update and flip a couple of screens to then say, “OH YEAH, way faster.”
The update will hit your Galaxy S22 device with the following builds:
- Galaxy S22 Ultra: SP1A.210812.016.S908USQU1AVCJ
- Galaxy S22+: SP1A.210812.016.S906USQU1AVCJ
- Galaxy S22: SP1A.210812.016.S901USQU1AVCJ
At least one of our readers already grabbed the update, so feel free to try and pull it yourselves. To do so, head into Settings>System updates>Check for system updates.
Wow. Samsung dropped the ball with this one. I have an unlocked US Snapdragon Galaxy S22 and when I checked for updates today on April 15 nothing. Normally unlocked phones get updates before carrier versions since updates don’t have to be certified by carriers before being pushed out.
My T-Mobile carrier Galaxy S21 got the update today but not my unlocked Galaxy S22.
I have an unlocked S22 Ultra and the build number came in as AVCK not AVCJ. Everything seems to be working the same as before. Not sure what the difference in the two builds are though
With my previous S21u (unlocked directly from Samsung with Verizon sim) updates often beat Pixels to the punch, but on the s22 and S22u I have, been really late on all – still nothing on either.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
EDIT: Just got it, finally
Yaaasssss!! Sooooooooo much fasterrrrr K ???? ????
/s Yeah, it’s 320% faster than that Galaxy S21 for sure /s
Whoa, SO much faster.
Really , How good is that phone I been hearing mixed reviews
Depends on what you’re coming from. I went from a Note 10+ so literally everything on the Ultra is better. Do I miss the SD card slot? Absolutely! But popping in a Type-C SD card reader to backup my pics is actually faster than plugging my phone up to my PC & backing it up that way.
The weight & thickness of the phone & S-Pen placement take some getting used to, but I have already adjusted to the volume & power button placement.
Overall the phone just works way better than my Note 10+. So much so that I’m contemplating trading it in & getting another S22 Ultra as a backup instead of the Note 10+ being the backup.
At&t s22 got the April update as well