Samsung begins rolling out Android Nougat update for S7 and S7 edge
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AnonD-121494, 13 Jan 2017Yea.. no.. Samusung wear runs on Tizen.. Also I believe the... moreThey plan on using Tizen in the future instead of Android, as far as I know.
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AnonD-625786, 12 Jan 2017Tizen? It will fail and die, just like Symbian, Sailfish OS... moreYea.. no.. Samusung wear runs on Tizen.. Also I believe their smart TV's run Tizen, it won't die like the others, it just won't compete in the mobile phone race.
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AnonD-625786, 12 Jan 2017Tizen? It will fail and die, just like Symbian, Sailfish OS... moreYou never know
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Anonymous, 12 Jan 2017Apple own there OS unlike Samsung and other OEM's that usin... moreTizen? It will fail and die, just like Symbian, Sailfish OS, Firefox OS and more. Nobody wants another OS.
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AnonD-191847, 12 Jan 2017Apple has the exact same policy with developer builds. At l... moreApple own there OS unlike Samsung and other OEM's that using Google OS. Samsung should written there OS then they can update easily.
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AnonD-380093, 12 Jan 2017Buy iPhone then and don't care about Samsung updating policy.Apple could give updates to iOS for every month for 4 years and you would still be behind what android offered 2 years ago.
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But aren't we supposed to upgrade directly to 7.0.1 ?
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- 12 Jan 2017
Please bring nougat update for all 2016 samsung devices as eraly as possible.
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AnonD-631581, 12 Jan 2017Other users who already tried it found that changing the re... morei spoke to someone from greece who got the beta, and he felt a big difference on the battery lifetime. he used 1080p on the s7 edge. and was told that the icons get too big on 720p, but better big icons than low lifetime :)
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- 12 Jan 2017
when is for J7 prime?
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AnonD-380093, 12 Jan 2017Buy iPhone then and don't care about Samsung updating policy.Don't remember asking for a snarky remark at the end of my comment.
I bought the S7E after the unfortunate death of my Nexus 6P, clearly wasn't a great choice considering how Samsung sucks with software updates. :/
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AnonD-191847, 12 Jan 2017Apple has the exact same policy with developer builds. At l... moreEverybody can install public betas. So no it's different policy.
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regs, 12 Jan 2017And of course the main question - what's about SGS6 and oth... moreExactly what all the others are doing. The only difference is that because Google and Apple are the prime developers, this period is "hidden" from the public eye because they didn't officially release the software yet.
Basically, the timeline between the first developer build and the final release that reaches customers "in one day" is the same for Apple, Google and Samsung. The catch here is that with Samsung it's obvious how long it takes because 7.0 was released by google, but the time it takes them is about the same.
Considering how many things Samsung changes vs how many google adds, it's unfair to think of Samsung's update as the Android 7.0 update. It's fairer to think about it as S7 OS 2.0, like a new version of iOS or Android would go.
Considering this, the timeline is just fine.
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regs, 12 Jan 2017And of course the main question - what's about SGS6 and oth... moreThey are making Nougat for the metal A5. Yeah, the midrange device is getting faster updates than last year's flagship.
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AnonD-380093, 12 Jan 2017Buy iPhone then and don't care about Samsung updating policy.So doing that would help Samsung provide better updates? And I like Samsung's mid range and budget devices, but their software and updates are crap. I even got Marshmallow on my Zenfone Max quicker than my friends's J5 and J7 (2015) did
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- 12 Jan 2017
For people in Canada: Your Nougat upgrade will be released in 2018 to a small amount of users. All the users should have it in Q4 2018, if no delays.
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AnonD-380093, 12 Jan 2017Buy iPhone then and don't care about Samsung updating policy.Apple has the exact same policy with developer builds. At least Samsung pushes it to non-developer users.
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And of course the main question - what's about SGS6 and other Samsung devices? What the hell Samsung was doing last 4 months?
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"those running the beta builds are already getting the OTA update notification."
That means it's not stable, but RC.
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murtaza121, 12 Jan 2017Samsungs way of distributing updates is extremely annoying,... moreBuy iPhone then and don't care about Samsung updating policy.