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Last updated: November 28th, 2017 at 11:01 UTC+01:00
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Galaxy Club notes that the Galaxy S9 is being tested on Android 8.0.0 and not Android 8.1, but that's yet another unsurprising factor here. Samsung has never been the leader when it comes to launching new phones with the most current Android build, and Android 8.1 is in the beta stage for even Google's Nexus and Pixel devices. Then there's also the fact that not every point Android version upgrade has features that are targeted at non-Google devices.
Furthermore, Samsung often has some of those features already implemented in its software before Google brings them to the core Android OS. Samsung could switch to Android 8.1 at a later stage in the testing process, but going by the way the company usually handles things, it might not happen until a few months after the Galaxy S9 has gone on sale. The same goes for the Galaxy S8, which is most likely going to get Android 8.0.0 when the Oreo beta program ends and the official update begins to roll out.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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