Galaxy S9 update rolling out with September 2022 security patch

Last updated: September 14th, 2018 at 09:02 UTC+01:00

Samsung has started updating the Milky way S9 and Milky way S9+ with the September 2018 security patch today, following similar updates for the Galaxy Notation 9 and the Milky way Notation 8. The Galaxy Annotation viii update was a big i equally it introduced new photographic camera features from the Milky way S9 and Note 9, only the Galaxy S9 update seems to be a pocket-size one with only the newer security patch. That means no Bixby 2.0, although that is likely to come later this year as partly an app update.

Milky way S9 and S9+ get September 2018 security patch

The firmware version for the new Milky way S9 and Galaxy S9+ updates is G960FXXS2BRI1 and G965FXXS2BRI1 respectively. The September 2018 security patch is included; it fixes a number of critical vulnerabilities in both Android and Samsung's software, details of which can be seen on Samsung'due south official security message. The September update has come out for diverse Samsung devices in quick succession, although the bigger takeaway here is that the company is finally treating its flagships as they should exist treated equally far as the pace of software updates is concerned. Budget and mid-range Galaxy devices have been first in line for most security updates in the last year or, but that has changed since terminal month.

The new Galaxy S9 update is currently available in a number of European markets and it should soon exist making its way to other regions. You can encounter if it'southward available for yous by borer the Download updates manually option in the Software update section of the telephone'southward settings. We also have the firmware bachelor in our database (Galaxy S9 | Galaxy S9+) if you wish to upgrade without waiting for the OTA (over-the-air) release.

Galaxy S9 and S9+ update rolling out with September 2018 security patch