Why is my S20 phone doing update after update?

[Android Central Question]

I have have had this phone for about a year. It's been working fine, and had the latest updates.

Yesterday (6/5/21) it prompted me for an update to system 8 - I was sure it was well beyond 8 already, but I said yes anyway. Then an hour later it asked to update to version 9. I said OK, thinking that is weird - it should already have the latest update. Today, it asked me to update to version 10, and now it's updating to version 12 (which is probably where it started 2 days ago, but I don't know for sure - I have automatic updates turned on, and typically don't pay much attention other than saying OK when prompted).

Seriously - why did it go back in time to update to versions that I am sure it was already newer than? This is a Samsung Galaxy S20 - was system 8 even ever available on an S20?

I read somewhere that there was a June firmware update - could it be that this update required going backwards to build back system?

 

[mustang7757]

Is this Verizon version?

Updates don't go backwards, maybe you missed a couple , but may update did have 2

I'll leave a Link to register so you can communicate here as a guest account you can only post questions but can't reply

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=409154

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! What do you mean by "version [n]"? That can't be the Android OS version, because 12 is still in beta.

Are you sure these are official system updates being pushed over the air? Do they show up in the Settings>System Update menu when the update is happening?