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In a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing, Samsung's customer reps have previously claimed, not once but twice, that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 will receive Android 10 this year. As hopeful as that may sound, that's simply not going to happen. The two aforementioned smartphones […]
With the Galaxy S20 now official and on its way to retail stores in a few weeks, Samsung is going to be quite busy. But the company isn't slowing down when it comes to updating existing phones. Case in point: Both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 have begun receiving the February 2020 security […]
Hope is a good thing. What isn't good is to keep giving someone hope only to disappoint them each time. But Samsung's customer representatives love doing that, and they're at it again. We've seen before how Samsung's customer reps have said the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 will be getting Android 10. That's despite […]
The Galaxy S8 and S8+ may not be eligible for the Android 10 update, much to the annoyance of those who purchased either device, but Samsung is continuing to release regular security updates for 2017's flagship Galaxy S smartphone(s). This week, the company is rolling out the January 2020 security update to the Galaxy S8 […]
The unlocked versions of three pre-2019 Samsung flagships are getting the December security update this week in the US. Samsung has released the December update for the Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy S9/S9+, and the Galaxy Note 8 in the country. The software versions for the Galaxy S8/S8+, Galaxy S9/S9+ and Galaxy Note 8 updates are G95*U1UES7DSL2, G96*U1UEU7CSK1 and N950U1UES7DSK5 […]
Android 10 isn't on the cards for the Galaxy S8 (and S8+), but Samsung is continuing to release regular security updates for its 2017 flagship. Less than a month back, Samsung rolled out the November 2019 security patch to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in various markets, and the company is now bumping the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]