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Is your Samsung affected?<\/span><\/p>\n AFP via Getty Images<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n If you have a Galaxy S25 or S24 phone, you may have a serious problem. Samsung\u2019s must recent security update has reportedly left owners of these recent flagships with a daily nightmare as batteries drain rapidly and devices start to overheat. <\/p>\n Samsung users are not alone, with Google\u2019s Pixel owners also reporting \u201csevere\u201d battery drain after the moist recent security update. Given that, one might assume this is a generic Android problem, but it seems it may not be linked.<\/p>\n Is your Samsung affected?<\/span><\/p>\n AFP via Getty Images<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Android Authority<\/em><\/a> reports that most Galaxy S25 and S24 users may be affected \u2014 at least according to its own reader survey. \u201cThe exact cause of the issue is still unknown,\u201d the website says, \u201cbut it requires immediate attention from Samsung. The company has yet to acknowledge the issue, leaving users without a fix.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s not yet clear what has caused these latest issues, with Meta apps flagged as one potential cause. But the other culprit could be Samsung\u2019s own Knox Matrix platform, which provides Apple-like security across the Samsung ecosystem. This has recently been enhanced, and so could be a logical source of such issues.<\/p>\n Forbes<\/span>Google Confirms Gmail Upgrade And Warns Of \u2018Sophisticated\u2019 AI Attacks<\/span>By Zak Doffman<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “It\u2019s truly tormenting when you install an update,” Android Authority says, \u201conly for it to ruin an important aspect of your phone, such as the battery.\u201d Some users are warning that their batteries drain within just a few hours, albeit most will see an impact but not one as crippling to their daily phone use as this.<\/p>\n Separately, there are also now reports that Samsung has issued a \u201csurprise<\/a>” second security update for users this month, with Galaxy S26 and S25 phones affected. No suggestion yet this addresses the battery issues, with additional security fixes a more likely explanation for a double update in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n