The Latest Security Update Arrives for the Galaxy A8+

The latest Galaxy A8+ (2018) might be a new device but Samsung isn't holding out on the updates, at least not in India. In fact, Samsung India deserves some applause for their effort in updating a device that has hardly been out for a week or two. The device had already received its January security update, so this would be its second update, although this one isn't the February security patch like one would think.

This is the same security update that arrived for the Galaxy Note 8 yesterday, which means it is very likely that this update will secure the A8+ against Meltdown and Spectre. It's a decent sized file at 114MB and carries the firmware version A730FXXU1ARAC. Although the changelog doesn't really specify anything in particular, do let us know if you notice something that we missed. In any case, we recommend that you download the update and install it as soon as it becomes available for you because this seems very important.

Head over to our firmware section to find all the latest available updates for your Samsung smartphones and tablets.

Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)