Galaxy Note 9 getting yet another Android Pie beta update

The Galaxy Note 9 is now receiving another new Android Pie beta update, the fourth one to be precise. The update is rolling out in India, Germany, and South Korea and is a minor one with a small changelog. It should also be available in other countries where the beta program was launched. The software version accompanying the new update is N960FXXU2ZRLT.

While we were hoping the third Note 9 beta would be the last before the final update is released, it doesn’t look like things are ready just yet. This particular update seems to be about fixing some touch related issues, such as the home button hard press feature not working when navigation gestures are enabled and the keyboard app not responding on the bottom right of the display.

Touch issues can be classified under critical bugs, so we can consider this update the first hotfix beta update for the Galaxy Note 9. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ needed hotfix updates twice over the course of the beta program, but hopefully that won’t be the case for the Note 9.

To download the update, go into the Settings » Software update menu on your phone and tap the Download and install option. It may need a couple of tries before the update starts downloading, but it should be instantly available once a notice about the new beta shows up in the Samsung Members app.

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Night mode is missing an important option on stable Galaxy S9 Pie update

From the very first Android Pie test builds for the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy Note 9, Night mode was a feature that grabbed our attention. It’s an official dark theme from Samsung for those who currently have to turn to the Samsung Themes store for a solution, and it makes the already beautiful One UI look even better. However, based on the Android Pie user manuals Samsung has published for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, it seems Night mode hasn’t been fully implemented just yet.

To be more precise, it’s the option to have Night mode be automatically enabled and disabled based on time and location (just like blue light filter) that’s missing. The leaked Pie builds and initial betas mentioned in Night mode settings that it can be enabled on a schedule, but we never actually saw the option in there at any point. And that’s the case on the final Galaxy S9 Android Pie update as well, which led us to believe that Samsung may have decided to opt out of offering a schedule option.

The schedule part is listed in the user manual, though, so either Samsung will make the addition in a future update or the Galaxy S9 update that has been released in some countries isn’t actually the final build. And, given how Samsung pushing out a major Android update so quickly is new territory for both the company and its consumers, we can’t say which of the two it may be. It may even be that the user manual will be amended to remove the schedule part, and all we can do is wait and watch what happens.

Galaxy S9

• Model: SM-G960F
• Dimensions: 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5mm
• Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9810
• Camera: 12 MP, CMOS OIS (F1.5/F2.4)

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Galaxy S9+

• Model: SM-G965F
• Dimensions: 157.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
• Display: 6.2” (158.1mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 9810
• Camera: 12 MP, CMOS Dual OIS (F1.5/F2.4) & Telephoto: 12MP AF F2.4)

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Galaxy S9 Android Pie user manual now available on Samsung’s website

Samsung’s surprise release of the final Android Pie update for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ wasn’t followed by any sort of official announcement. But the company is likely to fix that once the update starts to roll out to more countries around the world, and while that moment could be a few days or even weeks away, Samsung is carrying the momentum forward and has updated the Galaxy S9 user manual with references to Android Pie.

Not much useful info in the updated manuals

The Android Pie user manuals are available in English, Dutch, and German, and we should see it coming online in more languages in the next few days. There’s nothing the updated manuals say that we don’t know, though. The new features are better detailed in our One UI (Android Pie) feature focus series, because the manual talks about things in a generic manner and has a lot of basic info that you have to parse through (like guidance on how to put in a SIM card, which is the same on any version of Android).

Based on Samsung Turkey’s roadmap, the Galaxy Note 9’s Android Pie update may come out by January 15. The update for the Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8 may follow a month later, although these time frames are all subject to change, as is the case with every new major Android OS upgrade.

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