The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ receive a new unexpected security update.Several months after the end of the software medium, Samsung launched the deployment of an unexpected security correction on the two smartphones.This correction contains the Android safety patch of May 2021.
Last May, Samsung decreed the Galaxy S8 / S8+ officially obsolete.Four years after their release, the two old flagships find themselves deprived of updates.They arrived at the end of the software support promised by the brand.
To everyone's surprise, Samsung has just pushed a new update on the Galaxy S8.According to the testimonies collected by our colleagues from Sammobile, several users of an S8 residents in Bolivia have seen an update called G95xFXUCDUE1 on their phone.
Samsung deploys the Android safety patch of May 2021 on the Galaxy S8
According to the Changelog, the firmware contains the Android safety patch of May 2021.With this monthly patch, Google corrects 41 safety faults identified in the Android operating system.37 are qualified as serious and the last 4 are considered criticism.Fortunately, nothing indicates that a pirate actively exploits these breaches.It concerns all Android terminals released in the previous 4 years.
Above all, the patch corrects a flaw that allows you to spy on 40% of Android smartphones, including Samsung stamped phones.Disclosed in early May, the breach lies in the interaction between the API of certain Qualcomm modem and their debuggage system.Samsung has established itself among the first manufacturers to fill the flaw to protect users.
Under these conditions, we imagine that Samsung wanted to protect users from a galaxy S8 against pirates who would seek to exploit this flaw, despite the recent end of software support.To check if the update is already offered on your smartphone, we invite you to go to the Settings menu then in the device.Finally, choose software update and click on the update.Then just follow the instructions that appear on the screen.Were you able to install the patch?We are waiting for your opinion in the comments.
Source: Sammobile