Unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ finally get Oreo in the US

Last updated: April fourth, 2018 at 17:10 UTC+01:00

It has been a couple of weeks since major carriers in the Usa starting rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 and the Milky way S8+. All four major carriers accept since released the update. However, those who own an unlocked Milky way S8 take had to wait but they volition be delighted to find out that the wait is now over. Samsung has finally released the Oreo update for the unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in the U.s..

Unlocked Galaxy S8 Oreo update

Samsung had promised a few days ago that it would release Oreo for all variants of the Galaxy S8 and the Milky way Note 8 in the US within the adjacent couple of weeks. Carriers take too released Oreo for the Milky way Annotation 8 and the visitor released it for the unlocked model merely yesterday.

It's now rolling out the unlocked Galaxy S8 Oreo update in the land. Samsung explained recently that the updates for unlocked variants arrive later than their carrier counterparts because the firmware has to go through additional testing to ensure proper functionality with all supported carriers equally opposed to the firmware for carrier-locked units that'southward only tested for that detail carrier only.

Samsung is at present rolling out firmware version G950U1UEU2CRB9 and G955U1UEU2CRB9 for the unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in the U.s. respectively. The update comes in at simply over 1.3GB and brings all of the new features that are included in Android 8.0 Oreo with none of the carrier bloatware. Bank check out our detailed What's New With Android 8.0 Oreo serial to notice out more than about all of the new features included in this update.

Unlocked Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ owners in the Usa should look to receive an update notification on their handsets shortly if they haven't got 1 yet. They tin also try to manually pull the update by heading to the Software update bill of fare in the Settings app.