Last year when Stage Fright was making owning an Android device an act of constant faith, Google formally guaranteed that they would be keeping Nexus devices up to date via monthly security patches for three years after release with
major over the air updates continuing to roll out for at least two years.
Not exact matches
This «
over the
air» firmware can be a
major update (if a new Android build is being brought) or a minor
update (if we are talking, for example, about a monthly security patch) but it is always automatically received on your Galaxy S8.
The three
major carriers in South Korea are pushing out the
update as we write this, and users can grab it off Samsung Kies,
over the
air, and also through our firmware section.
Even more, the company has promised to give a next
major Android
update as well through an
over the
air (OTA) firmware
update.