Back in June Samsung decided that the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are old enough that they don't warrant receiving quarterly security updates anymore, so the company bumped them into a category that gets "other" (read: less frequent) updates. That wasn't a huge surprise considering the phones were launched more than three years ago, but now Samsung has changed its mind. Both the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are back on the quarterly security updates train, and this is great news for owners of these devices, regardless of what the reasoning for such a move may be. Even Google only promises three years...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_has_a_change_of_heart_regarding_security_updates_for_the_galaxy_s7_and_s7_edge-news-38546.php
