Samsung provide Galaxy S5 Note 4 and Note Edge Security – GSM Helpdesk Netherlands

Dutch users of the Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 2014 currently receive a security update to their smartphone, reports SamMobile. The update includes all the security improvements that Google has released between December 2015 and March 2016.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Monthly security updates from Google

Google releases since last summer a monthly security update for the Android operating system. Samsung tries these security updates regularly roll out to several of its earlier smartphones. In December 2015 received the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge the latest security update. Instead of a monthly security update Samsung now seems therefore to have chosen one security update quarterly.

No Android 6.0 Marshmallow

While security the three devices is improved with the update, the update will still not where users of the devices really are waiting. All three devices include still running Android 5.1 Lollipop and many users of these three smartphones hope to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Probably the Android 6.0 update Marshmallow in the course of this spring. For the Samsung Galaxy S5, which this month celebrates its second anniversary, this will likely be the last major update that will receive the device. Possible that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, which will celebrate its second anniversary in September this year, later this year will receive an update to Android N.

Over the Air update

the security update for the Samsung Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge can without going through a computer called “over the air” downloaded and installed on the aircraft. are advised to download the update over Wi-Fi users with a smaller data collection.

The devices give itself over time a notification that an update is available. You can also manually check for updates in the settings menu under “Device Info”. Through this method it is often possible to download the update earlier than the smartphone gives a notification that an update is available.