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Your Galaxy S7 could get Android Oreo this month

Owners in the UK say they're getting the Android 8.0 update right now.

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The Samsung Galaxy S7.

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Don't give up on your Galaxy S7 phone yet; Samsung Korea had revealed that it'll be releasing its Android 8.0 Oreo update to the S7 by mid-May, and some people are already seeing the update. 

A handful of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge owners in the UK are currently posting screenshots and commenting on Reddit, confirming that the new Android update is live for them.

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One Redditor posted a screenshot of the software update screen.

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If you're not seeing the OS update on your Galaxy S7, keep checking back over the next few weeks. Samsung didn't give an exact schedule for the rollout in each country -- the company didn't immediately comment when we reached out -- but it looks like Samsung Canada is giving a rough estimate of spring or summer 2018.

The OS update will bring plenty of new features, like picture-in-picture and notification channels, to the 2-year-old Samsung phones .

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