A few days ago, Samsung unexpectedly started releasing a new update for old phones that have not been supported for some time Galaxy S7 and S8. However, that was just the beginning. As it turns out, the Korean giant is rolling out a similar firmware update fixing GPS issues to hundreds of millions of other old phones, including Galaxy Alpha, -XNUMX MPx Galaxy S5 Neo, series Galaxy S6, Galaxy Note8 or Galaxy A7 (2018). The website informed about it Galaxy Club.
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Samsung hasn't explained the reason for this new wave of firmware updates, but it's possible that it discovered a security bug that needed an urgent fix. Be that as it may, the company is currently rolling out an update for more than 500 million old smartphones Galaxy, which is certainly not trivial.
U Galaxy Alpha carries firmware version updates G850FXXU2CVH9In Galaxy S5 Neo version G903FXXU2BFG3, at the line Galaxy S6 version G92xFXXU6EVG1In Galaxy Note8 version N950FXXUGDVG5 au Galaxy A7 (2018) version A750FXXU5CVG1. None of these phones are supported anymore, so no one expected them to ever get an update again. The oldest of the mentioned phones is Galaxy Alpha, which was launched almost exactly eight years ago. Incidentally, it was the first Samsung smartphone to have a more premium design, led by a solid aluminum frame.
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It should be noted that none of these firmware updates include the latest security patch. The release notes only mention GPS stability improvements, albeit for the range Galaxy The S6 also mentions improved device stability and better performance. If you happen to be the owner of some of the listed phones, it should be possible to download the unexpected update via Settings→Software Update.
Then nothing on S7, but on Watch Active received the update yesterday evening. She was quite surprised. S7+Watch I have Active as a backup for the newer S10+Watch5.
Could it not be an extension of support (at least as an identification device) for the smarttag network? Or did the old phones already do this?