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Android 11 got here out about three months ago, and which means it is lastly time for Samsung to get its act collectively and begin transport the OS out. Samsung introduced on its company blog that the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Extremely would all begin getting Android 11 proper now, supplied you are in “Korea, the US, and most markets in Europe.”
A 3-month delay on the most recent Android launch is on par with what Samsung did last year for Android 10, which, on the time, was a file tempo for the corporate. After all, Samsung’s lineup is extra than simply the S20, and the corporate’s official timeline has the Note20, Z Fold 2, and Z Flip ready till January. Samsung’s best-selling devices are all from the midrange “Galaxy A” line, and people are getting up to date anyplace from March to June, so anyplace from six to 9 months after Android 11’s launch.
After the completely large Android 10 release and a yr plagued with COVID points, Google did not pack an enormous quantity of adjustments into Android 11. The notification panel has a brand new persistent media participant, a historical past part, and assist for floating bubble notifications. There are new one-time permission approvals for the microphone, digicam, and site, new emojis, extra work towards modularity, and simpler autofill. After all, on a Samsung cellphone, that is all getting paved over with a customized UI—Samsung’s “One UI”—and that pores and skin is getting up to date together with Android. Android Police has an important hands-on of the beta, exhibiting that many of the Android 11 options are intact, together with issues like a brand new quantity slider UI and some different mild touches.
As all the time, rollouts can take weeks to hit your machine, so even you probably have a Galaxy S20, do not count on the replace immediately. It is rolling out now to a small inhabitants, which can slowly enhance whereas Samsung waits to listen to about any issues. If you do not have the replace notification but, preserve ready.
