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Galaxy J7 Max and Galaxy On Max get Android 8.1 Oreo update in India

Samsung is rolling out the Android 8.1 Oreo update for the Galaxy J7 Max in India. The update, along with the new Android version, brings Samsung Experience version 9.5 to the device. Galaxy On Max, the rebranded J7 Max for online sales, is also getting the same Oreo update. The update bumps the firmware version to G615FXXU2BRL3 and G615FUDDU2BRL3 […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Galaxy J7 (2016) updated to Android 8.1 Oreo in some countries

For the first time ever, Samsung has released a second major OS upgrade for a mainstream Galaxy J series phone. It has been known for a while that the Galaxy J7 (2016) would be getting Oreo, and it looks like the update has arrived in some countries in the last couple of days. Samsung's official […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Galaxy J7 Pro updated to Android 8.1 Oreo in India

Galaxy J7 Pro owners in India should now be able to download the Android 8.1 Oreo update. India was one of the first markets where the Galaxy J7 Pro was released, with the phone offering full Samsung Pay support, something that's missing on the Galaxy J7 (2017). At this moment, India is also one of […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Galaxy Tab 2 Active gets Android 8.1 Oreo update, November 2018 patch included

Samsung is adding another device to the list of Galaxy phones and tablets that have been updated to Android Oreo. The Galaxy Tab 2 Active Oreo update is rolling out right now in Italy, along with the yet unannounced November 2018 security patch. This is the second device to get the November patch ahead of […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Galaxy J7 Nxt and Galaxy J5 Prime start receiving the Android Oreo update

After updating its flagship and midrange smartphones to Android 8.0 Oreo, Samsung has finally started pushing out the much-awaited update to its budget models as well. While the delay may disappoint some of the Galaxy J series users, Samsung is making the wait worthwhile to an extent by skipping the Android 8.0 update in favor […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
7 years ago

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