T-Mobile: Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and Note 5 Oreo update is a go

Last updated: February 9th, 2018 at 21:56 UTC+01:00

Is Samsung really planning to surprise united states of america all by providing a3rdmajor update to an existing phone? North American carrier T-Mobile definitely seems to be working with the Korean giant on making that possible, equally its support pages say that Oreo is coming to the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, and Galaxy Notation 5. Since these are official carrier back up pages, they are easier to believe than Samsung's usually off-the-marker support reps, who had given us hope a few months ago about the Galaxy S6 peradventure not ending its life cycle on Android 7.0 Nougat.

Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and Note v Oreo update on the cards?

The support page for each device says that "T-Mobile and the device manufacturer accept agreed to support a new software update." Too written in big bold font is "Stage: Complete: Version 8.0 Oreo." It could mean that bones development on Oreo for these devices has been completed and that the ball's now in T-Mobile's court to piece of work on carrier certifications. That's certainly possible as even Oreo for the Galaxy S7 edge was released in a usable state just ahead of the Galaxy S8 Oreo update. Since the software on the 2015 flagships and the Galaxy S7 lineup is very similar, getting Oreo upwardly and running on all these phones probably won't take much time, either.

But, every bit e'er, it's better to be skeptical instead of getting your hopes upwards, until we become farther confirmation about Samsung'south plans to extend software support to its flagship phones to three years. With the mid-range Milky way A series phones getting two major updates for the terminal couple of years, upping the support game for the Galaxy Southward and Milky way Note lineups would be a logical move. You never know with Samsung, though, so it's best not to get also excited but nevertheless.