If you're curious how Android 8.0 Oreo can improve the user experience on Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8+, register for the official beta program now.
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The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are slowly, but surely getting into the Android 7.0 swing. Sprint's dropping in its own units for good measure.
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The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will likely see not just the improvements of Android 7.0, but the next big iteration on top of that — the one that Pixel and Nexus devices just had.
In the official community forum for the Samsung Galaxy Beta Program, the program that is testing out the UI for Android Nougat on the said devices, one member suggested that double tap to wake be included in the feature set as well as an upgrade to Android 7.1.1.
The official response was thusly lodged:
Thank you for your suggestion.
We are pleased to announce that we will support Android 7.1.1 from the official N OS release.
We look forward to receiving your additional valuable suggestions.
Thank you again for your generous support.
It’s very welcome news for unlocked S7 and S7 edge owners who won’t have to wait out the extra months to see what would otherwise be a minor iteration either get implemented or even overlooked.
This could also be why the timeframe on the wide release of this software update has been pushed back. Verizon devices are being booted off the beta program as it continues on through early next year.
Sony is also supposedly in the running to hit its devices with the 7.1.1 update first.
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TouchWiz. Long the bane of Android user interface geeks. If you interpret it a certain way, it can sound rude. And hey, some people don’t deign to recognize wizards beyond the pale of pinball.
No more will Samsung’s software skin over Google’s OS be called TouchWiz. It seems that the third-round update for the Galaxy Beta Program‘s Android N OS test is renaming it the “Samsung Experience.” Crazier yet, we’re already on version 8 of it.
Just as the wacky gestures for obscure features have faded away, so has Samsung stopped talking about TouchWiz. But will we really want to hear more and more about this “Samsung Experience”? Could the chaebol also apply this name to its efforts on Tizen smartphones — branding is everything after all, and with the company taking the lead on its special OS, making sure that we know who made it could be a good idea.
The Galaxy Beta Program has been working to tweak Android 7.0 for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge for over a month now.
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Three is as far as those on Big Red will go.
In an abruptly issued notice, Samsung has notified participants of its Galaxy Beta Program that owners of Verizon variant Galaxy S7 and S7 edge units will not receive further updates for the Android Nougat OS trial.
Users may either move back to the stable Android 6.0.1 release or wait until “early next year” for the commercial release of Android 7.0. This indicates that the Nougat beta will almost definitely see updates even through Christmas.
We don’t know what happened to cause this exclusion, but we do know that Verizon has exerted its influence over the Galaxy S phones it does carry — opting for heavy doses of post-load software and disabling major features in its favor.
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We got an early hint at what the Galaxy Beta Program would bring to the fore, including a bit of what the supposed Note 7 would have for hardware. But as the program has officially launched in Korea and China, there’s more we need to learn about in preparation for the next S Pen-toting phablet.What Samsung has dubbed the “New Note UX” has spread out to select Note 5 users and it is ...
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