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Latest android 8.1 news
Here you will find the latest news and most recent developments on the android 8.1, with regular updates and all the information you need.
Galaxy Xcover 4 Android 8.1 Oreo update released
Samsung has started rolling out the Android 8.1 Oreo update to the Galaxy Xcover 4 in a number of Asian countries. The Xcover 4 is one of few devices that have been updated to Android 8.1 and not Android 8.0, but the list of such devices should increase in the coming weeks. The Galaxy Xcover […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Galaxy J5 (2017) Android 8.1 update for the UAE includes September 2018 security patch
The first Galaxy device to be getting the September 2018 Android security patch is the Galaxy J5 (2017). The J5 (2017) was updated to Android 8.1 Oreo nearly a month ago, and Samsung has now expanded availability of the Oreo update to the UAE. The phone is also getting the September security patch as part […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) is getting updated with Android 8.1 Oreo!
Here it comes, folks, the first Oreo update for an existing device based on Android 8.1. The Galaxy J5 (2017) Oreo update is rolling out in Poland at the moment, with the August 2018 security patch in tow and Android 8.1 as the OS version. This comes a few weeks after Samsung updated the Galaxy […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Samsung’s Android Go smartphone almost here as official firmware goes live
Samsung's Android Go smartphone looks to be very close to an official release. Firmware for the upcoming device, which will launch as the Galaxy J2 Core, is now available in our database. As expected, it's based on Android 8.1 (build number J260GDDU1ARGC). As our exclusive leak of images of the actual device had revealed, the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Galaxy J7 (2017) Oreo update will also be based on Android 8.1
Samsung didn't treat the 2016 iterations of its two most popular budget phones, the Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7, equally with the Nougat update. When the Galaxy J7 (2016) was updated, it received version 7.0 of Android Nougat, while the Galaxy J5 (2016)'s Nougat update came out a few months later with Android version 7.1.1. […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 5 years ago
Galaxy J5 (2017) Oreo update may bump it straight to Android 8.1
Samsung has released Android Oreo for many of its smartphones, flagship and mid-range alike, but they have only been upgraded to version 8.0. It's yet to upgrade any device to version 8.1 and it appears that Samsung might do that with the Galaxy J5 (2017). This particular mid-range device is yet to receive its Oreo […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 5 years ago