After so much anticipation, Samsung has finally kicked off Android 10 beta program for the 2018 flagships twins, Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus along with Note 9. If you own any of the aforementioned devices and don’t know how to join beta program and get the Android 10 beta, then you are reading the right post. Samsung has already been testing the Android 10 OS on it’s 2019 flagships and the stable firmware is expected anytime soon. Since it’s the start of Android 10 beta program for Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, once you join the beta program you will be getting a series of beta update until the stable roll out happens.
Talking about the firmware, Samsung is rolling out Android 10 beta update for Galaxy S9 as build G960FXXU7ZSKD that weighs in around 1.8GB, remember since this is the first beta that why it costs so much memory storage. The upcoming beta updates will carry improvements and bug fixes so won’t be that much heavy. Let us tell you that the update is available via beta app a.k.a Samsung Members app, where as we have the manual update process via Odin. The flash method is preferable by You, so keep going down to see more details about the firmware and know the process to download and install Android 10 beta G960FXXU7ZSKD firmware on Galaxy S9 SM-G960F.
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Firmware details:
Device Name: Samsung Galaxy S9
Model: SM-G960F
Android OS: Android 10 (beta)
Region: India/South Korea
Build no: G960FXXU7ZSKD
Skin: One UI 2.0
Security Patch Level: December, 2019
Size: 1.8GB
Samsung One UI 2.0 details:
As you already know that the One UI skin on the top of Android was developed with the main focus on the convenience of one-handed usage of Samsung smartphones with giant screens. The second iteration of One UI v2.0 includes more improved usability of the device with revamped settings and other information to keep you focused on the task in hand. There are a few more improvements introduced in the upgraded version.
A few noticeable changes:
- Google’s full-screen gestures
- Updated Digital Wellbeing
- Improved one-handed mode
- Volume menu redesigned
- Notification action suggestions
- New Battery usage graph
Here is how to download G960FXXU7ZSKD Android 10 beta for Galaxy S9
The firmware on Samsung device is mostly updated manually via Odin or Kies, since this is a beta update so you need to join the Samsung Beta program via Samsung+ app to get the update on your device. We have also posted a separate detailed article on how to join Samsung Beta Program on Samsung.
Hint! Once you get registered yourself with the beta program, head to Settings > About device > System updates. If the OTA automatically doesn’t knock at your device.
Download the update directly from Samsung servers using SamFirm
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Galaxy S9 Android 10 beta G960FXXU7ZSKD | See manual update process: How to flash the firmware via Odin manually
Note! The regular update process will be released soon depending on the firmware file availability.
We are also trying to get our hands on the Odin flash-able tar file, once we find it we’ll update you about it. Stay tuned for more updates!