The S6 BargainĪ premium priced handset when on sale new, the S6 represents an excellent value used buy for less than £150 you could buy a refurbished Galaxy S6 and own a smartphone bristling with some features that are only just appearing on Samsung’s rivals: Nougat itself was only released as recently as August 2016, and some of the benefits of Oreo would only be released on newer versions of the Galaxy anyway. Owners and those considering buying a used S6 needn’t be put off though the still powerful and fully featured handset is fully compatible with Oreo’s predecessor, Nougat, which received an update as recently as December 2017.
This contrasts sharply with main Android rivals Apple they make new versions of their iOS mobile platform available immediately to all versions of iPhone and the iPad tablet that are compatible with it and the latest version, iOS 11, is backward compatible as far back as 2013’s iPhone 5S. New versions of Google’s mobile platform often take a while to appear on existing smartphones as different manufacturers of Android powered smartphones often have their own routine for adopting the new releases indeed as of April 2018 less than 4.5% of all Android phones in use featured Oreo. Like Apple’s iOS for its iPhone, the Android platform has been updated on various occasions during its lifetime and Oreo, the eighth version of the most widely used mobile platform in the world, was originally released in August 2017.
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The Support QuestionĪs new versions of operating platforms are released they are designed to be backward compatible with older mobile devices to a certain degree this helps in terms of usability and security and means that users can often get newer technology without having to upgrade their handsets. While surprising that Samsung effectively appear now to only offer support to devices barely three years old, it’s not all bad news. Samsung’s Galaxy S6 smartphone range – originally released in March 2015 and replaced just under a year later by the Galaxy S7 – is the most recent model from the South Korean electronics giant unable to take the latest release of the Android mobile operating system, Oreo. Now we’re wondering if the Galaxy flagship phones released after the Galaxy S6 are getting the same.The end of the latest versions of Android such as Oreo being available for smartphones dating back to Samsung’s Galaxy S6. If you still own a Galaxy S6 or a Galaxy Note 5, you may want to check your phone for an alert and see if the firmware update is now ready to download and install.
It’s not clear what the new version brings but any update is more than welcome. Samsung developers may have discovered something unstable within so it is releasing an update. The change may be small but there will be an improvement. The update is not much but at least we know the tech giant is still looking after older phone models. What Samsung added is a new security-related stabilization code.
The old September 2018 security patch also remains. The firmware package still includes Android 7.0 Nougat. The updates are not only available in Samsung’s native country but also in Latin American countries and Europe. Firmware versions G92xSKSS3ETJ1 and G928SKSS3DTJ3 are for the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, and Galaxy S6 edge+. The new firmware version N920SKSS2DTJ2 has rolled out in South Korea for the Galaxy Note 5.