Four years ago, Samsung shook the world with the first consumer foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Fold. It was a train wreck, but it helped lead the foldable phone to be the flashy tour de force that it is today. If you still own your original Galaxy Z fold (first off, you deserve a gold medal for protecting your phone), you’re getting the August 2023 security patch.

With four generations between now and the first Galaxy Fold, it feels like a lifetime has passed. The brand, and the foldable phone in general, has changed so much since then, but it doesn’t mean that Samsung has washed its hands of the product. People still rock the first-gen Fold, and they’re still enjoying software updates from the company.

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The original Galaxy Z Fold is getting the August update

Samsung has been issuing updates really early in the month, but since the original Galaxy Fold is pretty old, it’s getting its update a bit later. The device no longer gets major platform upgrades, but it’s still getting security updates.

Right now, the update has landed in four markets: France (version F900FXXS7HWG1), Hong (version F900FXXS7HWG1) Kong, The UK (version F907BXXS7HWG1), and Korea (version F907NKOU3IWH1). Other markets will follow as time goes on.

So, there’s not much you can expect from this update. Since it’s a routine security patch, the phone got some fixes for system vulnerabilities. These will patch spots in your software that could give bad actors access to your system. The patch fixes several Samsung Galaxy-specific issues along with issues present within Android in general. There aren’t going to be any new features or changes to the system.

If you’re looking forward to this update, then you should go to your settings, find the Software Update section and tap on the Download and install button at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t see the update just yet, you’ll want to wait a few days for the update to make its way to you.