Verizon Galaxy S6 and S6 edge customers, congrats on your first update on Samsung’s latest and greatest devices.
Verizon decided to drop a little maintenance update to the new device customers this morning, with some saying as early as 6:00AM that they had a new update on their devices (both the S6 and S6 edge). The new update brings the software version to VVRU1AOD5 and adds a drawing feature to the Photo Editor, an emergency call button, and an alarm popup message that tells you the amount of time you have before your alarm sounds.
Big Red has also provided bug fixes with the new update (as to be expected), but there are some nice enhancements also. First, the call quality has been improved. Next, the rejected and auto-rejected call buttons have been slightly tweaked. Other enhancements include moving around the Bluetooth, “add call,” and “location” buttons, removing the “no internet connection” message, the preloading of Google Wallet now (which wasn’t merged with Android Pay, as rumors strongly indicated), as well as the addition of “hide/show,” “mute” and “speaker,” and “drop” buttons for conference calls. S6 edge users now have an “edge” cue on the home screen, which will encourage users to “engage the edge.” It would be unfortunate to own the “edge,” be on the cutting-edge, and never put it to good use.
Some users are currently reporting problems with their battery life on the S6 and S6 edge, so hopefully, the new update will fix battery life while eliminating other problems as well.
For those of you who were hoping for an Android 5.1.1 update, you’ll be disappointed. Big Red hasn’t brought it yet, but at least Verizon’s improving its devices with small maintenance updates. Verizon Galaxy S6 and S6 edge customers, count yourselves fortunate that you’re not experiencing the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi problems of Nexus 5, 6, and 9 users with Google’s latest “icing” to Lollipop.
Have you downloaded the new Galaxy S6/S6 edge update? If so, are there any noticeable changes? Has your battery life improved? We’d love to know what you’re thinking.
