Starting from yesterday, Samsung is rolling out Nougat 7.0 update for Galaxy A5 (2017) in India. That is, a day after its larger sibling A7 (2017) was blessed with the update. The OTA update weighing nearly 1.4GB is gradually taking a round over India. Consequently, it should take couple of weeks or so to hit every A5 users.
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In case if you don’t know. The Galaxy A5(2017) along with the A7(2017) boots Marshmallow 6.0.1 out-of-the-box since its launch. However, the both devices were already upgraded to Nougat earlier on August in certain regions. And, now the Nougat is officially hitting the Indian users after a month.
The update carrying firmware version A520FXXUBQI5 bundles a lots of features and improvements for the A5(2017). According to the changelog – It brings, ofcourse the Nougat to the smartphone, skinned with a new Samsung UX. Most probably, the UX ought to be Samsung Experience 8.1. And not the latest 8.5 which is currently worn by Galaxy Note 8 only.
Additional Features & Improvements.
Moreover, it caters new features like Dual Messenger, Quick Settings features, multi-window, Samsung Pass, improvements to AOD and app installation times and much more.
If you are a Galaxy A5(2017) user in India. And, haven’t updated to the Nougat yet. Head onto Settings>About Device>Software Update and check for the update. If update is available to your device proceed with the installation.
