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Samsung indirectly confirms Galaxy S8 and Note 8 won’t get Android 10

Samsung has hammered the final nail in the coffin of the hopes Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 owners may have had of getting the Android 10 update. The company's official Android 10 update schedule that's been going live in various countries in the last few days makes no mention of the Galaxy S8 or […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

Exynos-powered Galaxy S8 gets November security update

Samsung started rolling out the November security update for its devices before the month even started, but the rollout of the update is far from over and the company continues to bring it to more and more Galaxy devices as we approach December. Over the last week, Samsung released the November update for the Snapdragon […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

Unlocked Galaxy S8 gets November security update in the US

The unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are receiving a new software update in the US and are making the jump to the latest Android security patch in the process. This is the second update Samsung has released for the unlocked S8 and S8+ this month. The previous update included the October security patch and, […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

Galaxy S8 to get Android 10 update after all?

Samsung's customer care reps are doing it again and raising hopes that a Galaxy flagship may actually end up getting a third major Android OS upgrade. A disgruntled Galaxy S8 owner reached out to Samsung customer care to ask why their phone will not be getting updated to Android 10 and was told that the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

[Updated] Android 10 for the Galaxy S8 spotted on Geekbench, but hold your horses

Update: It turns out that the Android 10 listing for the Galaxy S8 came from a device running the LineageOS custom ROM, as confirmed to us by the developer of LineageOS. Yes, this was a false alarm, as we had suggested. Original story follows There are definitely a lot of people out there who would […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

US unlocked Galaxy S8, S8+, and Note 8 receive October 2019 security patch

The unlocked Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, and Galaxy Note 8 are now receiving a new software update in the United States featuring the October 2019 security patch. The changelog doesn't mention any additional features and/or changes. The latest software packages for the unlocked Galaxy S8, S8+, and Galaxy Note 8 are identified by build numbers G950U1UES6DSJ1, […]

By Mihai Matei
5 years ago

Galaxy S8 Active gets October security update on T-Mobile

It was a little over a month ago that the Galaxy S8 Active was finally updated to Android 9 Pie by T-Mobile, but the carrier didn't just stop there. It released a new update a couple of weeks later to bring the September security patch to the device, and it is now rolling out an […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Galaxy S8, Galaxy A80, and Galaxy A5 (2017) get September security update

Samsung has released the latest Android security patch for the Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy A80, and Galaxy A5 (2017). An update is rolling out for these devices in various markets, with software version G95*FXXS5DSI1, A805FXXS2ASI2, and A520FXXUBCSI1 for the S8/S8+, A80, and A5 (2017) respectively. The Galaxy S8 update has been released in a handful of European […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Will my Galaxy S8 or Galaxy Note 8 get the Android 10 update?

Is my Galaxy S8 or Galaxy Note 8 going to be updated to Android 10? That's a question many have been asking in the last couple of months, and with Google recently releasing the Android 10 update for its Pixel devices, interest in the newest version of the OS has increased further. While Samsung will […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

T-Mobile Galaxy S8 Active gets Android Pie in the latest update

Google may have officially released Android 10, but there are still many devices that are waiting for the year-old Android Pie update. The T-Mobile Galaxy S8 Active was one of them until yesterday. Thankfully, the long wait has come to an end as the rugged version of the 2017 flagship finally started receiving the Android […]

By Naresh
5 years ago

Galaxy S8 and S8+ August security update rolling out in Canada

The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are receiving a software update with the August 2019 security patch in Canada. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are the last of Samsung's flagship phones on a monthly security update schedule to be getting the August security update. The Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy S10e/S10/S10+, Galaxy S9/S9+, Galaxy Note 9, […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Sprint rolling out Galaxy S8 Active July security update

The Galaxy S8 Active is being treated to the July 2019 security update by Sprint. The rugged variant of the Galaxy S8 is getting a new update with software version G892USQS5BSG2. It is an Android Oreo-based update, so the wait for the Android Pie (One UI) update continues. Sprint Galaxy S8 Active receiving latest security fixes Sprint has released […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ get QR code scanner with July 2019 update

Samsung detailed the security patch for the month of July 2019 today. The company rolled out some camera features with last month's update including the ability to scan QR codes using the camera app itself. That will now be possible on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ as well. The July 2019 security update has […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Galaxy S8 receiving the June 2019 security patch now

We're in the final week of this month and many of Samsung's devices are just now receiving the latest security patch for this month. It's the Galaxy S8's turn today. Samsung has started rolling out the June 2019 security patch for the Galaxy S8. Samsung has rolled out the latest security maintenance release for quite […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

New Galaxy S8+ May update improves camera stability

The Galaxy S8+ was one of the first few devices which received the May 2019 security patch earlier this month. However, Samsung is now rolling out a new Galaxy S8+ May update today. There are no big ticket items included in the update so don't expect much in the way of new features. Germany was […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

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