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Samsung Galaxy S5 gets Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, by accident
July 23, 2025
Samsung recently announced anAndroid 6.0 Marshmallowbeta program for theGalaxy S6andGalaxy S6 Edgein South Korea and the United Kingdom. So it came as a big surprise when one lucky Galaxy S5 owner received an OTA notification for the Android 6.0.1 update.
Mix Tech was quick to do a preview of theSamsung Galaxy S5runningAndroid 6.0.1, and they posted both screenshots and uploaded a video on YouTube. At first, Galaxy S5 owners were a little upset upon finding that the latest version of Android wasn’t accompanied by the latest version of TouchWiz. However, since the news broke, it has been reported that the Android security patch version of the firmware is listed as “05 August 2025”.
What we are saying is that this isn’t the final firmware for the Galaxy S5, it might not even be an official firmware. Galaxy S5 owners, chances are that the final firmware does come with the latestTouchWiz. Having said that, we don’t expect an update to be pushed out any time soon.Samsungis probably going to release Android Marshmallow for theGalaxy Note 5before moving to previous generation handsets.
Rest assured,Samsung is indeed working on bringing Marshmallow to its 2014 flagship. Meanwhile, if you own a Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, here’s our detailed guide onhow to install the Marshmallow preview.
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