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Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Android 5.1 update coming in June?
July 15, 2025
Samsungdid a pretty good job updating its flagship devices toLollipop, but with Google moving the goal posts by releasingAndroid 5.1, the Korean giant found itself playing OTA catch-up once again.
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The good news is the update to Android 5.1 could be coming as early as next month, at least for theGalaxy S6andGalaxy S6 Edge. We know that thanks to Canadian carrier Rogers, whichlistedthe two Samsung devices with a June release for the Android 5.1 update.
Now, to be clear, carriers can only offer estimates and, fairly often, these estimates don’t pan out. However, this is still a good sign for Galaxy S6 users in Canada, but also from around the world: there’s no reason for Rogers to get the update ahead of other large carriers, meaning it’s likely Android 5.1 will roll out in other markets around the same timeframe.
If the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are indeed going to get Android 5.1 in June, someHTCusers may have a (new) reason to envy their Samsung brethren.Rumor has itHTCwill only release Android 5.1 for theOne M8in August.
Back to Samsung, we’ve heard talk about camera improvements coming with the jump to Android 5.1, as well as the addition of a guest mode. We can also speculate that Samsung could patch up the bug causing poor RAM management, which is currently vexing more than a few Galaxy S6 users, despite the rollout ofperformance improvement updates.
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