The Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A56 might just be the world’s first Android mid-rangers (from any brand) to run the latest OS version in stable form.
The world’s top smartphone vendor is not only meeting its super-ambitious self-imposed deadlines for a whole bunch of stable One UI 8 updates, somehow managing to stay ahead of schedule as far as the 5G-enabled Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A56 mid-rangers are concerned, at least in South Korea.
Not Samsung, that’s for sure, as the company is almost treating its cash-strapped fans the same as power users in possession of the latest Galaxy flagships.
Just a couple of days after the high-end Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, S24 Ultra, S24 FE, Z Fold 6, and Z Flip 6 all started receiving stable Android 16-based One UI 8 goodies in Samsung’s homeland, the same is reportedly true for the humbler and cheaper Galaxy A36 5G and Galaxy A56 5G.
Released around six months ago «internationally» and a little later in markets like the US, these are obviously the first members of the Galaxy A family to receive this great honor, as well as likely the first mid-end products from any brand to be offered the chance to leave Android 15 behind.
As if that wasn’t already an incredible achievement, Samsung had initially planned to spread the One UI 8 love to these two non-flagship handsets in October, which might still be a realistic delivery time for certain countries like the US.
