Android smartphone owners have been waiting for their phone carriers to release the Android 7.0 Nougat for their devices since it was released in August 2016.
Google's subsequent roll outs of updates to the Nougat has only served to fuel the desire of smartphone owners to finally get the new operating system in their devices, and while carriers have been rolling out Android 7.0 to HTC, LG, and Huawei devices, many Samsung devices seem to have been left behind — at least until last week.
Tech Times reported on Jan. 18 that a worldwide rollout of Android 7.0 Nougat for Samsung devices are already well on their way in several territories but had yet to reach the United States. Many Samsung smartphone owners may have been frustrated with the long wait, but the Nougat update is finally here with T-Mobile leading the pack and AT&T on its heels.
Samsung Devices Ready for Nougat
The Samsung devices that were confirmed for the update earlier were Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge, S7 Active, S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, Note 5, and Tab A with S Pen, Galaxy Tab S2 (LTE unlock), Galaxy A3, and Galaxy A8, but so far, the S6 series and Note 5 were ahead of the other models in line to receive the update. Finally, the S7 and S7 edge caught up.
The Samsung Galaxy A and Galaxy J series is also part of the list, but updates for those two will not be available until the middle of 2017, earliest.
T-Mobile
We also reported on Feb. 17 that T-Mobile has already started rolling out the Nougat for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge but that devices running the Samsung Galaxy Beta Software will receive it first. As of Feb. 17, however, T-Mobile finally updated its support page to confirm the information and announced that devices that meet its requirements can finally update their OS to the Nougat by Feb. 20. Devices can be updated over-the-air or by connecting the smartphone to a computer.
The update requires 117 MB of free memory, and it already comes with the Feb. 1 security patch as well as all the amazing new features Nougat brings to devices.
AT&T
On T-Mobile's heels is AT&T, which also confirmed on Feb. 17 that it is ready to release the Nougat update to Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge devices in its network.
As of Feb. 18, AT&T has yet to update its support pages for the two Samsung flagship devices, but given that the news has been confirmed, the carrier would probably do it soon.
Important Reminder
We hate to burst anyone's bubble, but just so we're clear on this, the updates from both T-Mobile and AT&T will bring Samsung S7 and S7 edge devices up to Android 7.0, not 7.1, but that is better than nothing, right?
