Earlier this week, Samsung has released the update for Galaxy A9 Star in China. Samsung now starts rolling out the same update for Galaxy A8 star (A8 Star is a rebranded version of A9 star). Currently, the update rollout appears in Vietnam and soon it will be available in other regions as well. Luckily, the firmware is available, by which you can manually update your smartphone to the Android Pie. The update brings a lot of new features with a lot of improvements. The One UI based Android Pie 9.0 update brings a lot of useful features. It comes with Night Mode (Dark Mode), new Navigation Gestures, brand new UI, One hand mode and more features. You can also enable the Digital wellbeing on your smartphone. The firmware for the update is size around 2GB with a build number G885FOLM2BSF8. Let’s take a look on the Changelog for the update, then download the firmware and follow the installation process.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star (SM-G885F) Android Pie Stable Update – Changelog
One UI
Content, settings, and other information have been reorganized to keep you focused on the task at hand. Interactive elements have been moved to the bottom of the screen so they’re always within reach. New designs and features such as Night mode help keep your eyes comfortable.
Notifications
You can reply to messages directly in the notification panel. Image thumbnails are included in message notifications. In an app’s notification settings, tap the switch once to turn on or off all the notifications in a category.
Samsung Keyboard
New Unicode 11.0 emojis are available. New adaptive theme changes your keyboard look based on the colors of the surrounding app. Floating keyboard is available in all apps and has new size and transparency settings. You can set a custom touch and hold delay.
Device care (formerly Device maintenance)
Performance modes are streamlined and integrated into power saving modes. The Edge panel for device maintenance is discontinued.
Settings
Menus have been reorganized to make settings easier to find.
Phone
You can now sort your call history by incoming and outgoing calls. Your call history can include up to 2000 entries (increased from 500 entries).
Contacts
The new drawer menu makes it easier to manage contacts from various accounts.
Camera
The new Scene optimizer automatically enhances the camera’s color settings to fit the scene.
Gallery
Photo Editor Pro’s editing tools have been added to Gallery, so you can make all your edits and touchups without leaving the app.
My Files
The new storage analysis tool has been added to help you monitor your storage usage and save space. You can now show or hide items on the My Files Home screen.
Other improvements and changes
Download Samsung Galaxy A8 Star Android Pie Stable Update
As this is an over the air (OTA) based update, and rolling out in Vietnam. It may take time to arrive on your phone. So, you can simply download the firmware from the below download link and then manually update your phone by flashing. It also brings the latest security patch and a lot of new features with improvements. After downloading the G885FOLM2BSF8 firmware, follow the installation instructions carefully.
Download Samsung Galaxy A8 Star Android Pie Update (Firmware Link)
Prerequisites
Make sure to charge your phone to at least 50% Backup your data, in case of failures, so you can recover it Install Samsung USB Drivers on your PC Download Odin Flash Tool [Latest]
How to Install Samsung Galaxy A8 Star Android Pie Stable Update
That’s all you have to do to update the phone using Odin tool. You can start using your phone running on the latest Android Pie. If you’re facing any issues while updating the Galaxy A8 Star to the Android Pie, then you can leave the comments in the below comment box. Also, Share this article with your friends.
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