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Last updated: April 24th, 2018 at 11:42 UTC+02:00
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T-Mobile pausing the rollout of a major OS update for a flagship device is yet another instance of these updates having issues that should have been sorted out during the months Samsung took for testing. Now, this particular instance might be the carrier's fault and not Samsung's, but it's disappointing to see how consumers have to wait so long — it's been eight months since Google first released Android 8.0 Oreo — for major software updates on flagship devices that cost an arm and a leg.
Hopefully, Project Treble will bring the much-needed change it was designed for, and considering how we are already reaping the benefits of Project Treble in the form of smaller update sizes on the Galaxy S9, fingers crossed that major OS updates (like Android P) will arrive much faster on Samsung devices launched with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box.
Have you received the Oreo update on your Galaxy Note 8 on T-Mobile? If yes, have you run into any issues that might suggest why the rollout was paused?
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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