First Galaxy A35 update brings 4G TDD improvements in Europe

Last month, Samsung launched the Galaxy A35, which we think is a reasonable choice. Now, the company is rolling out the first software update to the device in Europe.

Samsung has released the latest software update to the international variant of the Galaxy A55 that’s sold in Europe, which carries the model number SM-A356B. It changes the version of the firmware to A356BXXU1AXBB. According to the changelog, it updates the phone’s “Regional LTE TDD band support.”

In the last couple of days, Samsung has rolled out software updates to multiple devices, including the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S22, Galaxy S21, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A54, with the same changelog. From what we could gather, this change improves the support for 4G Time Division Duplexing (TDD) of these devices.

The changelog also says “Please note that models purchased in Germany cannot receive signals in LTE TDD bands in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic.” Since this change is specific to Europe, we don’t expect Samsung to roll it out in other regions.

If you have the Galaxy A35 and live in Europe, your phone should automatically notify you about the update within the next couple of days. If it doesn’t, you can check for the update manually by going to Settings » Software update » Download and install. Alternatively, you can also download it from our database and install it manually using Odin.