The yr 2020 is weird in some ways. This yr now we have witnessed many out of help Android smartphones receiving updates. The Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, and Galaxy Be aware 5 are the most recent gadgets to hitch this elite checklist. All these 4 handsets launched 5 years again in 2015.
The official help for the 2015 Samsung premium smartphones ended in 2018, three years from their launch. Regardless of that, the Galaxy S6 sequence obtained January 2019 safety patch earlier final yr in UAE.
Now, the South Korean tech big is rolling out one other replace to this trio together with Galaxy Be aware 5. This new replace neither bumps up the safety patch degree nor brings new options. The changelog doesn’t say a lot however in line with SamMobile, it contains some security-related stabilization code.
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In a nutshell, Samsung may need found a vulnerability and the corporate is addressing it by launched a brand new patched construct for these 5-year-old telephones.
The replace comes with the next firmware variations.
- Galaxy S6 – G92xSKSS3ETJ1
- Galaxy S6 Edge / Galaxy S6 Edge+ – G928SKSS3DTJ3
- Galaxy Be aware 5 – N920SKSS2DTJ2
The shock replace is offered in South Korea and a few international locations in Europe and Latin America. It could roll out in different areas as properly. If you happen to nonetheless personal any of those gadgets and use it as your each day driver, then do head over to Settings to examine for replace.
After the set up of the replace, these telephones will proceed to remain on Android Nougat with no new options.
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