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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, Note 5 Reportedly Receiving Firmware Update in India

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, Note 5 Reportedly Receiving Firmware Update in India

By Ketan Pratap | Updated: 3 December 2015 19:36 IST

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, Note 5 Reportedly Receiving Firmware Update in India

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Samsung back in October started pushing OTA (over-the-air) firmware updates for the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 primarily bringing improvements for call stability and battery life, apart from security policy updates.

The South Korean company has now started rolling an OTA update for Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Samsung Galaxy Note 5 handsets in India. The OTA update notifications on both the handsets confirm that the update is about 100MB in size. The build number of Galaxy Note 5 is N920GUBU2AOK3 while for the Galaxy S6 Edge+ is G928IDVU2AOK8. The OTA update notifications on both the devices confirm that the change log is identical to the October release. It brings improved stability of call, battery usage optimisation, and other security enhancements.

One of the biggest additions however seems to be that the latest round of OTA updates bring Android's November security patch. In its 'Monthly Security Bulletin' for the month of November, Google had listed earlier this month a fix for a severe critical security vulnerability that could allow remote code execution on an affected device through various methods such as email, Web browsing, and MMS.

The update notification screenshot posted by Sammobile shows that once updated, the software won't allow users to downgrade due to changes in the security policy. Users can check for updates manually by going to Settings > About device > Software update. To recall, both the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ smartphones were launched initially running Android 5.1 Lollipop.

In separate news, Samsung's 2015 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, has been for the first time spotted in leaked images running the Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based TouchWiz UI.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Stunning design and display
Ability to save photos in RAW format
Excellent performance
4GB RAM

Bad
No IR blaster
Still very difficult to grip
No expandable storage

Read detailed Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ review

Samsung Galaxy Note 5

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Pleasing aesthetics
Solid performance
Good battery life

Bad
No expandable storage
No IR blaster
S Pen mechanism prone to damage

Read detailed Samsung Galaxy Note 5 review

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Ketan Pratap is the Editor at Gadgets 360. His primary role - debugging the tech hype, benchmarking the future, and compiling it all into precise news, features or reviews. He has spent over 14 years calling out vap... more »