Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge starts getting Android 7.0 Nougat in India, Samsung Pay also coming soon

After rolling the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the flagships Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones in the UK recently, the company has started rolling the update to the Indian units of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The update comes with around 1.3GB size and also comes with January security patch. The new update brings the XXU1DQAZ build number for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge device in India comes with Android nougat goodies as well. The company also announced the official rollout of the update for the flagships last week in an official blog post.

The new update comes with the new UX design and comes with some new performance modes to optimize the battery and saving it. The new update also comes with improved usability of the notification feature and quick settings button. Other features of this new update includes improved usability of multi window feature, improved settings menu and AOD feature, addition of Samsung Pass feature, efficient space for installation of the downloaded apps, improved speed of system upgrade and app installation.

The company has also included the Samsung Pay app for the Indian users in this new Nougat update but the App is currently showing the coming soon message and we may see the launch of the app soon for the country. The update was also rolled out in Malaysia and France few days back. The new performance modes helps you saving the battery power and these modes also helps conserving the battery from the apps that you are not using currently.

Few days back, Samsung announced that the new Nougat 7.0 update will be available more devices including Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, S6 edge Plus, Galaxy Note5, Galaxy Tab A with S Pen, Galaxy Tab S2 (LTE unlock), Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A8 that will get it in the first quarter of the year 2017.

To recall, the Galaxy S7 Edge was launched with a 5.5-inch QHD Super AMOLED display and is powered by Samsung’s octa-core Exynos 8890 SoC. It has 4GB of RAM and 32GB inbuilt storage capacity with up to 256GB expandable MicroSD card storage with the help of Hybrid Dual SIM. It features a 12-megapixel Dual Pixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, smart OIS and a 5-megapixel front camera with f/1.7 aperture. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS and comes with IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. It is backed up by a 3600mAh battery.