Samsung’s fastest-ever Android 10 update hits the US on T-Mobile, Sprint

Enlarge / The back of the Galaxy S10. (credit: Ron Amadeo)

After shipping the big Android 10 update for international versions of the Galaxy S10 earlier this month, Samsung and carriers are now starting to roll out Android 10 for the US and Canadian users. SamMobile reports US carriers T-Mobile and Sprint have started shipping the update, and there are reports of unlocked Galaxy S10s getting the update, too.

Last year, US variants of the Galaxy S9 had to wait 40 days longer than the international versions for their major Android update, and unlocked versions had to wait 55 days. This year, Samsung has cut the delay down to 18 days.

One of the ways Samsung makes Android updates difficult on itself is that there are usually two versions of its major flagships. The Galaxy S10 in most European and Asian countries are made with Samsung's own Exynos SoC, while devices in the Americas and China get Qualcomm's Snapdragon SoC. Snapdragon and Exynos Galaxy S10s might look the same on the outside, but on the inside, they are built around totally different chips, so Samsung has close to double the development and testing work needed to roll out Android 10 for a single device. In the US, Samsung also gives carriers a say as to when an update rolls out, which is why we haven't seen AT&T and Verizon units get updated yet.

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