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Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ receive Android Oreo in Canada

Samsung launched the Android 8.0 Oreo beta program last year. Since then, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ users around the world have been eagerly waiting for the rollout of the Android Oreo update. In February, Samsung finally started rolling out the update in Turkey, Norway, the UAE, India, Belgium, Germany, France, Poland, etc., but […]

By Naresh
7 years ago

[Update: India, too] Galaxy S8+ now receiving June security patch in Europe

Samsung has started rolling out a new maintenance update for the Galaxy S8+ (SM-G955F) in Europe. In addition to all of the patches included in this month's security release, the upgrade transports a couple of new features to the handset, including new background colors for the navigation bar. There's no denying the fact it's a relatively […]

By Josh L.
7 years ago

T-Mobile to distribute Nougat update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge “this week”

T-Mobile's “gadget guy” Des Smith has revealed that the carrier will distribute the long-awaited Android 7.0 Nougat update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge in the US later this week. This news comes more than a month three months after the upgrade first started making the rounds for the handsets. In addition to […]

By Josh L.
7 years ago

Samsung details thirteen changes it has made in Tizen 2.4.0.4

The last major update that Samsung pushed out for the Tizen operating system (OS) was Version 2.4, which started rolling out for the Samsung Z1 back in January. Since then, a handful of minor stability updates have been distributed, but we haven't seen a release that brings any new functionality to the OS. However, it […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung starts rolling out its first firmware update for the Galaxy Note 7

Samsung has just started pushing out its first firmware update for the factory unlocked model of the Galaxy Note 7 (SM-N930W8) in Canada. The upgrade itself weighs in at approximately 96MB and brings a handful of essential bug fixes, stability improvements and software enhancements to the device that have been designed to ensure it's running […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung details the entire contents of its Gear S2 ‘Value Pack’ update

Samsung started pushing out its third major firmware update for the Gear S2 on Friday, July 15. By this date, we'd already brought you an exclusive report on its changes, together with an early preview showcasing some of the new functionality. However, the entire contents of the upgrade remained unknown. Even when it started arriving […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

The latest Gear S2 software update brings compatibility for sleep tracking

Two days ago, Samsung started pushing out a major software update for the Gear S2 in Asia, Europe, North America and South America. The upgrade weighs in at approximately 60MB and bundles a plethora of exciting new features, as noted in our preview, including social sharing for activities and a revamped Contacts application. However, one […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung rolls out July SMR to all unlocked variants of the Galaxy S7 in Europe

Samsung has today started rolling out this month's Security Maintenance Release (SMR) to all unlocked variants of the Galaxy S7 located in Europe. The upgrade itself is identical to the one that the manufacturer started pushing out in the United Kingdom yesterday, bringing a much-needed fix for a critical error that resulted in the Jack audio service […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Galaxy Tab S2 now receiving Marshmallow update in the US

Three weeks after Verizon started distributing the hefty Android 6.0.1 firmware update for its carrier-locked variant of the Galaxy Tab S2, Samsung is now in the midst of rolling out an identical upgrade to all unlocked 8- and 9.7-inch Wi-Fi only variants of the slate located in the United States. This release brings all of the […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung starts rolling out Marshmallow update for the first-generation Galaxy A7

Samsung has just started pushing out the long-awaited Marshmallow upgrade to all unlocked variants of the first-generation Galaxy A7 located in Russia. The manufacturer also uploaded a new version of the handset's user manual to its Download Center. The support booklet has been updated with instructions on how to use some of the features that […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung now pushing out Marshmallow update for the Galaxy Tab A 8.0

Following its rollout for the Galaxy Tab A 9.7 last month, Samsung has today started pushing out the long-awaited Marshmallow update to all Wi-Fi variants of the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 in Australia. The upgrade weighs in at approximately 1.1GB and transports the latest build of the Android operating system to the slate, in addition […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung’s pushing out an ‘image quality’ maintenance update for the Gear 360

Samsung is in the midst of rolling out a nifty firmware update for its first 360-degree camera, the Gear 360. Unfortunately, the upgrade, which carries the build number C200GLU0APE4, doesn't bring anything by way of added functionality to the device. Instead, it bundles a plethora of bug fixes and stability optimizations that are said to […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung’s offering Galaxy owners in India 20% off their next Domino’s order when they install a software update

Many smartphone owners are hesitant to install the latest updates on their handsets. Unfortunately, it's unclear what the cause for this unexplainable firmware upgrade anxiety is, but Samsung hopes to cure it starting in India by offering customers 20% off their next Domino's order when they install an update on their device. So far, the […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Unlocked Galaxy Note 4 now receiving Marshmallow update in Germany

Proud owners of the unlocked Galaxy Note 4 in Germany have awoken to a pretty surprising notification on their handset this morning, prompting them to download and install the long-awaited Marshmallow update. The upgrade, which weighs in at an eye-watering 1.29GB, carries all the added functionality you'd expect to find baked into Android 6.0.1, including […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Telus pushes out Marshmallow update for the Galaxy S5 in Canada

As expected, Canada’s second-largest operator, Telus, has today started rolling out the rather hefty Android 6.0.1 update to the Galaxy S5. The upgrade weighs in at approximately 820MB and brings all the functionality we’ve come to expect from Marshmallow, in addition to patches from April's Security Maintenance Release (SMR). This rollout comes just one week […]

By Josh L.
9 years ago

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