The first Samsung Galaxy Android 8.0 Oreo update continues to imminent as the company continues to prepare ahead of its launch.
Samsung has been keeping quiet, but news of the Galaxy Android 8.0 Oreo update continues to pour in as we move towards an official announcement.
Earlier this week, Samsung Turkey announced that it plans to roll out Android 8.0 Oreo to users in early 2018. The company is also reportedly working on a Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo beta that could launch on October 31st.
Galaxy Android 8.0 Oreo beta is yet to be confirmed, but all signs point to Samsung making progress behind the scenes.
Today, the company released another Samsung Pay update with support for the unreleased Android 8.0 Oreo update. Now available to customers in India, the update also offers bug fixes and other improvements.
This isn’t the first time Samsung has pushed an update to Samsung Pay with Android 8.0 support. In late September, the company rolled out a similar Samsung Pay update to Galaxy users in Sweden.
For now, the update is limited to users in India and Sweden, but that may change in the near future as the company moves towards the release of an official Android 8.0 Oreo.
Samsung will reportedly launch the Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo beta on October 31st. Registration will reportedly begin on Halloween, and Galaxy S8 owners will be able to sign up for the beta. Samsung Members and Samsung+.
looks like Samsung cooking An Android 8.0 Oreo beta for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ and it appears to be signing up for the beta can start next week.
Registration will reportedly begin on Halloween in the United States and Galaxy S8 owners will be able to sign up for the beta. Samsung Members and Samsung+.
The information doesn’t come directly from Samsung, but the company has beta-tested Android Marshmallow and Android Nougat before their official release.
If Samsung releases a Galaxy Android 8.0 Oreo beta, its scope will likely be limited. The company’s Android Nougat beta was limited to users in the US, UK, Korea, and China, and the company’s Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Limited Edition and Galaxy S7 Edge Injustice Edition were dropped from the program.
Samsung may be testing Android 8.0 Oreo on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, but the Android 8.0 Oreo update should span a long list of Galaxy devices. Here are the devices that should get Android 8.0 Oreo:
Unfortunately, older phones like the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy Note 5 are excluded from Samsung’s two-year Android version update support, which means they’ll likely stay on Android Nougat.
However, Samsung and its carrier partners often extend bug fixes and security patches to devices well beyond the two-year mark.
