Nougat for 2015-era phones, thanks to Samsung and Sprint.
The 2015-era Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ are getting their Nougat updates on Sprint today. The phones, which are still in use by millions around the world, were promised an update to Android 7.0 back in January, and it's great to see Samsung (and its carrier partners) following through on their claim with relative haste.
The Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ benefit from the same simplification and lightening of the UI as its newer counterparts — though perhaps not to the same extent, if past years are any indication — along with the March security patch.
There's no word on when other variants of the Note 5 and GS6 edge+ will receive Nougat, but we'll keep an eye out.
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Nougat is rolling out to the Sprint Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+
What about the Galaxy S6?
Yeah. I've been checking every 12 hours. Lol
I need it on my TMO note 5...
Tweet @TMobile and let them know you want it.
I don't really use Twitter... But I guess it's worth a try. Thanks.
Ok. I tweeted them. They said it's in "final stages", and should be released soon.
ATT GS6. Why no Nougat? No love. Bummer.
Installed it yesterday. Everything working great. Love the new look. battery about the same. Can't wait for myS8 plus.
I got the update and it's freaking amazing
Any issues with it so far? Just curious as i have an AT&T version. Not that they will have the same issues but gives a little insight.
None so far the fact that I can change the resolution to get an extra couple hours of battery life and better performance is pretty compelling. Plus the ui is very snappy and the battery control is pretty accurate.
They also added features like blue light filter and performance settings like the s8 has. The only thing missing is Bixby.
This is good. I don't think I will care much about bixby
Why would you need Bixby, just press your home button and use Google now.
The only issue I've had is that when you have the S Pen keyboard feature turned on then it doesn't always know when the S Pen is in the phone or out of the phone, so it defaults to the S Pen keyboard. Although a simple fix to it is to just pull the s pen out and put it back in and then it goes back to normal. And I replace Google Now with Cortana so that I can sync my notifications to my PC.
Come on Verizon...!!!
Still no update for my sprint HTC One M9 very disappointing
Been running this for a few months now, not much of an upgrade but it should hold you till the note 8.
Might pick up a Note 5 to hold me over until my KeyOne!
I was hoping for a quick update of my Note 5 but was disappointed by what I saw on the my wife's S7e. They reshuffled the settings a bit, gave it Android 7.0 and security level is February! Not so excited anymore. My LG G3 runs 7.1.1 and has more bells and whistles and customization options, wireless charging, newest security level, and more. Just not a fingerprint sensor. So, I don't care about the Note 5 update anymore and hope to sell it on ebay! It just sucks cause I got it as replacement for the fiery 7 and its almost new. Maybe a Pixel next time? 🤔
Well, I can only assume your G3 is using a custom ROM.
In that case, don't expect OEMs to update their phones as quickly or as frequently as the likes of XDA, especially for older ones.
You guys really think Nougat is amazing ? I am a huge android guy but this update to Nougat hasn't been a happy one for me. I have the S7 and since the update my battery drains much more quickly than before and my apps don't run the same. I hope there is a fix being released soon
You need to check your apps, you most likely have a rogue app, no battery issues here with the S7 and 7.0.
Usually takes me a few charging cycles for everything to settle in.
Clear your cache partition or the dreaded factory reset if that doesn't help.
Anyone who is a "huge andorid" guy would know that the absolute best way to do a major update is a clean, hard reset. Now you most likely can get away without it... but if you end up with sub-par results, then the hard reset is by far the best solution. If you do a wipe the cache you might have some success... but odds are you have an out of control app, and a hard reset may be the only practical solution.
So far so good. Phone seems a bit quicker, battery life slightly improved. Much more control over what apps can do. Multi window for almost every app. Removal of updates and disabling of bloatware(fakebook, MS office, etc.) apps actually deletes all but an 8kb stub, they won't notify, update or otherwise take up additional space on your phone. It's the next best thing to being able to delete them altogether. In the process of the update about 5.5gb was cleared up, not sure what was taking all of it, but all desired apps are retained and after the above disabling and the update, I went from 2.4gb free to 8.3gb free. Quicky reply to texts and other messaging apps from notification. Super pleased. Best update ever.
android 7 nutmilk...
What the ****?
OMGOSH!!! I checked update on my Verizon Note 5 and Loooong story short, Nougat is Downloading NOW!!! I'm typing this on my tablet :-)