Samsung doesn't follow any set rules while rolling out the security patches and that seems to be a trend which will continue in 2018 as well. This month, it was the turn of the Galaxy Tab A (2016) to be the first device in the company's arsenal to be updated with the January patch. If you think about it, it's not very often that Samsung rolls out a security patch this early in the month, but nobody's complaining!
As per reports, firmware version T285DDU0AQL3 is being rolled out to the Galaxy Tab A (2016) aka SM-T285. The even more surprising fact is that the patch has begun rolling out in Bangladesh; a region not known for getting the first updates from Samsung. Given that the old tablet is still running on Android Lollipop 5.1.1, it's both surprising and good to see good that Samsung is still keeping it protected against security threats.
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Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)
Time to check out the latest firmware which we have for your Samsung devcies today. Go through our tutorial first if you are new to flashing custom ROMs or Android firmware updates with Odin3.
AT&T has just released a security update for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge handsets under contract from the carrier. It's only the December security patch though and not the January patch, in case you are wondering. While it is a bit late, carrier updates usually are, so that's not really a big surprise.
This is the first update from the carrier this year and be sure to download and install it as soon as you are prompted to. The firmware version for the Galaxy S7 should be G930AUCS4BQL1 and G935AUCS4BQL1 for the Galaxy S7 Edge. Both of the updates are around the 50MB mark so downloading them should not take too much time at all. It is to be noted that prior to this update, the S7 and S7 Edge was not protected against the BlueBorne security threat on AT&T, but they should be once you have installed the OTA package.
Head over to our firmware section to find all the latest available updates for your Samsung smartphones and tablets.
Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)
Here are the Android firmware updates for the day. Use ODIN 3 to manually flash them onto your Samsung smartphone after taking a look at this tutorial.
Google has just started rolling out this year's first security patch to all its Pixel devices and some of its Nexus devices. Apparently, the patch for this month has two levels; namely the January 1 patches and the January 5 patches. The January 1 patch addresses 20 bugs and vulnerabilities, while the January 5 patch adds 18 more to it. There are some fixes here which have been marked as critical, but fortunately, there have been no reports to indicate that these bugs/vulnerabilities have yet been exploited on any Android smartphone.
In case you are wondering when Samsung will be releasing these patches for their smartphones, I don't think that's going to be any time before the third week of January and that's if we are lucky! Nevertheless, the December patch for most devices has already been rolled out by the company, which should be enough for now.
Head over to our firmware section to find all the latest available updates for your Samsung smartphones and tablets.
Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)
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