Full List of Samsung Galaxy phones that will receive Android 7.0 Nougat update

Though Google released Android 7.0 Nougat back in August 2016, Samsung is one of the companies which were unable to keep up the speed like the rest of the top tier companies. Unlike previous updates, Nougat was first released to developers with a public preview beta program in March 2016, meaning early access to the new version of Android. For several months now, Google Nexus smartphone and tablet users have been using the company’s latest Android operating system.

Now that Samsung’s finally started distributing the long-awaited Nougat update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge from 12 January 2017, many owners of the firm’s other handsets have started to question whether their unit will be graced with the latest flavor of Android. To clear up the confusion, we’ve decided to compile a list of all the Galaxy-branded devices that will be bumped up to Android 7.0. These Samsung Android phone that are expected to get android Nougat update-
Galaxy A3
Galaxy A5
Galaxy A7
Galaxy A8
Galaxy A9/A9 Pro
Galaxy A3 (2016)
Galaxy A5 (2016)
Galaxy A7 (2016)
Galaxy S6
Galaxy S6 Active
Galaxy S6 edge
Galaxy S6 edge+
Galaxy S7
Galaxy S7 edge
Galaxy S7 Active
Galaxy Note 5
Galaxy Tab S2



Fate of the Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) is still unknown but its highly likely that those phone will receive the Nougat treatment. Same may not be true for Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 4. Once again for the carrier-branded smartphones, all of the major operators in the United States should roll out the firmware for handsets in the Galaxy A, Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series. However, an exact time frame remains unknown. Some of them might start pushing it out around the same time it starts arriving on international units, while some might take a few extra week — and we can only wait and see what happens.

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T-Mobile shares their wisdom of which Samsung phones getting Android 7.0 Nougat update

Now that Android 7.0 Nougat is officially out, the thing on most enthusiastic user's minds is whether their handset will be enjoying this iteration of Google's mobile OS and if so, when. Sadly, there is never a simple answer to this question, especially when you take into account all the regional and carrier versions of a given phone and their respective support life cycle.

Luckily T-mobile has released the list of Samsung devices that are ready to receive the latest Android 7.0 Nougat update. Unfortunately, the operator didn’t provide a timeframe for when it’s planning to start distributing the OTA, but at least we know it’s on the way. For reference though, T-Mobile was the first carrier to bring Android 5.1.1 to the Galaxy S6 (in just 39 days) but the third to deliver Marshmallow to that device, taking 189 days to cross the finish line. While the update has essentially zero chance of rolling out this year, at least owners of the following devices know they’ll get it eventually.

• Samsung Galaxy S6
• Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
• Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
• Samsung Galaxy S7
• Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
• Samsung Galaxy Note 5
• Samsung Galaxy Note 7

As expected the Galaxy S5 series and the Note 4 has been left out of the update list. It is possible that they may be included in the update list later as this is just the first list revealed by the company for the Android Nougat update.

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