
At the beginning of this year, Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 and its successors: the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ (Review). The S9 and S9+ initially were released with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box with Samsung’s Experience 9.0 UI on top. Well, we come bearing good news for those using these flagship smartphones. A fresh Geekbench entry reveals that the Galaxy S9 could soon get the Android 8.1 Oreo update. The smartphone has been benchmarked under the model number SM-G960F (which is the European version) packing an octa-core Exynos 9810 system-on-chip and running on Android 8.1 Oreo.
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Samsung Galaxy S9: Android 8.1 Oreo update
Speaking about the impending rollout of Android 8.1 for the Galaxy S9, there has been no official word on the same as of now, or even a hint as to when Samsung plans to release the latest version of Android for the S9. Considering the recent rollout of Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Galaxy S9 predecessor (that is, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+) Samsung had released almost four Oreo beta updates before the final release. For now, there is no information available on whether Samsung has any plans for beta updates for the Galaxy S9.