Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge may get Official Android 8.0 Oreo update

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 24, 2017       

Samsung has already started Android 8.0 Oreo Beta program for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus users. We all know that Samsung will update the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to Android 8.0 Oreo in future, but what about Samsung Galaxy S6 Family?

Well, according to the latest information Samsung is planning to update their OLD Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge to Android 8.0 Oreo. There's no information regarding the release date or beta program of Android Oreo for the Galaxy S6 Family.

The news came from a redditor who talked to four Samsung executives confirming that the Galaxy S6 will be receiving Official Android 8.0 Oreo Update. "I talked to four Samsung chat reps about whether the S6 will be receiving Oreo. They all said it will, and one of them even told me he talked to his supervisor."

The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge were launched back in 2015 with Android 5.0 Lollipop and are upgradable to Android 7.0 Nougat as of now.

//Reddit

Galaxy S6, S6 edge and S6 active are now getting Android 7.0 Nougat on AT&T

 By Vaibhav Jain on May 04, 2017       

Samsung and AT&T are now pushing latest Android 7.0 Nougat software to the Galaxy S6 (SM-G920A), S6 edge (SM-G925A) and the rugged S6 Active (SM-G890A).

The update comes with latest new UX,various performance modes, new notification panel and other interesting features along with Android Nougat goodies. The software update also removes existing AT&T bloatwares including Address Book and MobiTV apps.

The update weighs in at around 1.2GB for the Galaxy S6, 1.3GB for the S6 edge. The build number is NRD90M.GxxAUCU6EQCF for all the three devices. The update includes April 2017 Security patch.

Source: AT&T (S6), (S6 edge), (S6 active)

Android Nougat Update Delayed for Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge

 By Vaibhav Jain on March 06, 2017       

If you were hoping to receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, you might be interested to learn that the update appears to have been delayed. 

According to latest tweets sent out by Samsung UK who confirmed that the update for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge will be delayed.

@harri_ashley The software update for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge has been delayed while we review its quality. 1/3

— Samsung UK (@SamsungUK) February 27, 2017

Since Samsung UK was the one that made the announcement, we can only hope that it is limited to UK as opposed to the rest of the world, but don’t be surprised if it is delayed for you as well.

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 By Vaibhav Jain on January 21, 2017       

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In case you've forgotten, the Samsung Galaxy S6 sports a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display, a Exynos 7420 Octa Core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32/64GB of storage, a 16MP camera, and a 2550mAh battery. As you can see, the device is quite a monster even for a early 2017 purchase.

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