Samsung Galaxy S8, now 5.5 years old, receives a new firmware update

19 August 2022
The update improves GPS stability. This was unexpected since the S8 series received its supposedly final update a year ago.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 21 Aug 2022

My Galaxy watch also got update and it also says gps stability improved

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    • Anonymous
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    • 20 Aug 2022

    PMKLR3m, 19 Aug 2022What about my galaxy note 8 wth?!my note 8 got one too.. i won't install it until i know for sure it's not "planned obsolessence"-ware.

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      • RadDad77
      • 41t
      • 20 Aug 2022

      I just traded in my S8 only because it was draining battery faster than it would charge. It lasted me this long without any problems except for a couple of technical hiccups during the week I traded it in. Loving my Pixel 6-pro though.

        Kudos to Samsung, pure class move.

          Sounds like kill button

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            • Newuser
            • kse
            • 20 Aug 2022

            Anonymous, 19 Aug 2022Proof that Samsung is the king now.Facts

              Anonymous, 20 Aug 2022It seems that math or space orientation is very hard for yo... moreYour essay is the non sense, I was referring to the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, not the Galaxy S8, nice try tho.
              You don't even follow the comment section conversations and you're trying to tell me that I'm bad at math, LMAO, byeee.

                They could've at least given the newest security patch that's available for Android Pie which is January 2022

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                  • nyH
                  • 20 Aug 2022

                  My S10e still gets updates every month. He got 2 updates for 7/22.

                    AnonD-864404, 20 Aug 2022Then what making you think Samsung is putting updates to sl... morePeople saying that they intentionally slow down Samsung phones in multiple posts. Are you even literate?

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                      • AnonD-762416
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                      • 20 Aug 2022

                      SShock, 20 Aug 2022Lol, how more desperate are you people to s**t on Apple con... moreIt's no a chiPhone. That's a fact. That is the reason. You can get all defensive about it but facts are facts.

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                        • AnonD-864404
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                        • 20 Aug 2022

                        SShock, 20 Aug 2022Lol, how more desperate are you people to s**t on Apple con... moreThen what making you think Samsung is putting updates to slow down their phone too? Lol, stop being an shole.

                          AnonD-762416, 20 Aug 2022It's not a chiPhone.Lol, how more desperate are you people to s**t on Apple constantly by using one specific case they did chipset throttling when worn battery is used and now you're all claiming Apple just slows down phones intentionally with every update just across the board. You people are pathological liars lol

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                            • AnonD-762416
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                            • 20 Aug 2022

                            Anonymous, 20 Aug 2022Maybe it's an update to slow down the device and make ... moreIt's not a chiPhone.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • mt4
                              • 20 Aug 2022

                              Shadocx, 19 Aug 2022That doesn't answer my question. But kudos to Huawei ... moreIt seems that math or space orientation is very hard for you isn't it ? S8 was launched in March 2017 and we are in August 2022. It makes the phone 5 years and 4 months old. And why does it matter if it is 5.5 exactly or not ? You must be really bored to write such non sense. The point is that phone got updated and I know a lot of people who are still using it.

                                I installed the update, all good.
                                I guess Samsung didn't pull a beta testing android 9 over again xD (I mean the first version of android 9 was so bad it almost fried my phone, in 2 days I downgraded for one year until it got hotfixes)

                                  Anonymous, 20 Aug 2022Maybe it's an update to slow down the device and make ... moreMaybe you should all stop perpetuating this lie constantly...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • YUf
                                    • 20 Aug 2022

                                    Maybe it's an update to slow down the device and make people buy new phones.

                                      Anonymous, 19 Aug 2022Watch it introduce more lag and force upgradessamsung's marketing strategy

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Kx7
                                        • 20 Aug 2022

                                        Anonymous, 19 Aug 2022This is how smartphone makers ruin your phone and force you... moreikr this is valid 100% you have been warned