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Android Oreo beta for Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ ends tomorrow (January 26th)

Android Oreo beta for Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ ends tomorrow (January 26th)

Posted: 25 Jan 2018, 19:56 , by Alan Friedman

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Samsung announces the end of the Android Orea beta program

Samsung sent out a message to those Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ users who have been beta testing the Android 8.0 (Oreo) update. Besides thanking participants for their cooperation in being part of the beta program, the company said that the beta testing for the 2017 flagship models will end on January 26th, which happens to be tomorrow. Samsung says that it now looks forward to releasing the official Android 8.0 update as soon as possible.

After the program comes to an end tomorrow, Samsung will not disseminate any more beta software releases. While the beta community will still be able to communicate with each other, Samsung says that it will not respond to feedback sent to it by those who were beta testing Android 8.0 on their Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+.

Even though the beta program comes to an end tomorrow, we still do not have any timeline that tells us when to expect the final, official version of Oreo to be made available to owners of Samsung's 2017 flagship models. Considering that the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will launch with Android 8.0 inside, it would make sense for Sammy to release the update for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ around February 25th, the date that the new models will be unveiled during a Samsung Unpacked event in Barcelona.

source: AndroidPolice

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posted on 25 Jan 2018, 21:03

1. nodes (Posts: 911; Member since: 06 Mar 2014)

isn't it the third date already?

posted on 25 Jan 2018, 22:09 1

2. antonmassoud (Posts: 89; Member since: 22 Oct 2016)

They said that 2 times before lol

posted on 25 Jan 2018, 23:14

3. Feanor (Posts: 1022; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)

It's almost February, can Samsung be any later? Instead of improving, this thing gets worse every year. I'm having Oreo on my Nexus 5X since middle of September and on my Xperia XZ Premium since around 20 of October. A few years ago Samsung were managing the major update before Xmas, now they need nearly half a year. It's getting embarrassing.

posted on 26 Jan 2018, 07:24

12. cmdacos (Posts: 2067; Member since: 01 Nov 2016)

Yes and thank you for working through the bugs :)

posted on 26 Jan 2018, 10:16

16. Feanor (Posts: 1022; Member since: 20 Jun 2012)

My Xperia XZ Premium is the most bug free phone I ever had. Actually I have no bugs to report.

posted on 26 Jan 2018, 19:35

17. dazed1 (Posts: 735; Member since: 28 Jul 2015)

Sony is irrelevant in mobile industry, so you can have the best OS ever, that' wont change anything, sadly.

posted on 25 Jan 2018, 23:48

4. Ciro1900 (Posts: 448; Member since: 17 Dec 2017)

Lol pathetic

posted on 26 Jan 2018, 00:37

5. Sparkxster (Posts: 571; Member since: 31 Mar 2017)

People say Motonovo is slow at releasing updates and the z2 force and x4 are already running Oreo. Project Treble will hopefully speed up Galaxy device updates.

posted on 26 Jan 2018, 00:49

6. Ciro1900 (Posts: 448; Member since: 17 Dec 2017)

How many times has beta finished?

posted on 26 Jan 2018, 02:04

7. mobiledigger (Posts: 97; Member since: 24 Sep 2015)

So, beta finishes today but the official update is only coming a month from now?... What??