Samsung released the Galaxy S8 series back in 2017 and announced last year that it is ending security update support for the S8 models. However, Samsung has now released a firmware update with a few bug fixes for the Galaxy S8.
This is coming more than five years after the release of the models and over one year after the models last received a software update. The new firmware update has the changelog G95*FXXUCDVG4 which relates to GPS stability improvement.
It is unclear whether the GPS stability issue is the only improvement available in the firmware. It has a download size of 420MB and there could be a few other minor fixes as well. It should be noted though that this is not an OS upgrade for the Galaxy S8. It is still running on Android 9 with the April 1, 2021 security patch. It is unclear why Samsung still extended software support to the Galaxy S8 but it is all the same, a pleasant surprise for owners of the device.
The same GPS issue could also apply to several older Samsung phones. The same firmware was sent to Galaxy J7 (from 2015) owners in Asia, while several others should also get a firmware update. These include the Galaxy S6, S7, and S9 from 2015, 2016, and 2018 respectively. All the stated models have already officially exited software support from Samsung. Samsung recently announced up to 5 years of support for its flagships from 2021 with up to 4 OS updates.
