Vodafone Australia testing Galaxy S7 Android N software

It seems that the Galaxy Beta Program may be wrapping up its work on perfecting the Android Nougat interface for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.

Vodafone Australia has told its customers on its software updates blog that the Android 7 software package is being tested for both devices right now. We should see these things start flying over the air in a few weeks.

While it’s not clear which iteration of Nougat this “N” update entails, Samsung has indicated to Beta test members that it will be version 7.1.1. The Secure Folder feature found on the Note 7 may make its move to the S7 series.

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Android 7.1.1 update due on Vodafone Australia December 6

Vodafone Australia has notified its customers that the Huawei-made Nexus 6P will be getting the official Android 7.1.1 Nougat update starting December 6 — less than two weeks after the second Developer Preview version of the OS was released.

The firmware update for the Nexus 6P is estimated to size up at 650MB and is labelled NMF28F. 10,000 phones will get the first pulse of over-the-air deliveries within the first 72 hours — users can also manually check for the update. From then on through day 13, an additional 10 percent of the device population per day will be able to manually retrieve the update. All devices will be eligible to update by day 14.

The update post may indicate that Google may update other Nexus devices (as of yet to be disclosed) across the globe at around the same time. The Google Pixel devices launched with Android 7.1.

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Nougat rollout for Nexus 6P is indeed delayed, Huawei still working on it

While it’s definitely no big surprise to see the latest Android flavor kept exclusive to Nexus devices several weeks after its public, out-of-beta debut, as third-party OEMs need extra optimization, i.e. bloatification, time, it’s completely unacceptable that ...

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Vodafone Netherlands provides further iPhone 7 name corroboration

In case Apple’s “coincidental” scheduling of its next-gen iPhone announcement event on September 7 as opposed to September 6… SE wasn’t enough to finally put branding speculation to rest, this temporary placeholder listing on a European carrier’s website should probably remove all doubt.Unless you dare to ...

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One Australian carrier expects Nougat to roll out by month-end, another says there are ‘issues’

Today might just be the big day for owners of the two latest (and greatest, until Marlin and Sailfish swim up to shore) Nexus devices, at least according to one of Canada’s three ...

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Vodafone Smart Platinum 7 is essentially Alcatel Idol 4s

While today’s the day the OnePlus 3 gets its shine on, you might be surprised at who will pop up next in the value crunching sector.Take a look at Vodafone UK’s new Smart Platinum 7, set to come to the carrier on June 20. It has a 5.5-inch quad HD screen all lit up with AMOLEDs, a 16-megapixel rear camera with an 8-megapixel front facer, a “powerful octa-core processor” 3GB of RAM, a 3,000mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, 32GB of storage Android Marshmallow and a ...

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Vodafone UK throws in free Huawei Watch with Huawei P9 pre-orders

Gone are the days you needed to wait for months on end to see premium new Android smartphones discounted by a pithy $50 or $100, as 2016 appears to be the year of launch-coinciding deals.The Samsung Galaxy S7 and its Gear VR freebie got the ball rolling, and LG had little choice but to offer the G5 bundled ...

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