Why no September security update yet ? - Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers

It has a good year for Samsung since the launch of S8 and I owned that device for a good three months with consistent monthly updates regarding security and but fixes. Although we have received a major update for Note 8 that contains August patch but we are one week before October and there seems to be a delay for September update. Or are they going for Oreo with October updates as a "double O" package?

I haven't seen boo about the Note 8 getting Oreo other than it's in the works. I don't think we'll see it until after the new Pixel launches, and probably well after.
Since my first update was labeled "T-Mobile," it's likely the carriers are holding up the updates, as usual. Hopefully, Project Treble will be fully baked into Oreo so security updates won't be an issue anymore.

I got a security update 2 days ago on my TMO version, and a TMO update firmware a few days before that.

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S6 Active Update

Just got an update notification on my S6 Active to update. I'm at work and can't check what it is but thought I would let the people know.
Looks like it is just a security update Had my hopes up for MM
Yea someone posted in the 6.0 update thread it was the april security update. The notes are available on the AT&T support page for the s6 active. That means the S6 Active is probably 1-2 months from 6.0 if they bothered to release the security update. I'm hopeful that since the S6 hasn't seen the same security update that they are planning on releasing it "soon-ish".
I was really hoping to see MM on this phone before I got my HTC 10 but I doubt we will see it before the pre-orders ship.

Note 8 ATT update

I just received a software update I am on Att and I received another one a couple of weeks ago. Was wondering if anyone else received one? I don't know what the update was for. I am still on 8.0 also still on August security patch.

Unlocked US Note 9 October Update

Happy to see the notification on settings menu pop up today, and viola! October Security Patch w/ updates is available. Just hope these continue to stay within a month of the release.
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Yeah, got mine yesterday also.
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Happy to see the notification on settings menu pop up today, and viola! October Security Patch w/ updates is available. Just hope these continue to stay within a month of the release.
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I don't think Samsung will release monthly updates. They are the worst when it comes to updating phones.
Yep, got my U1 update yesterday for my unlocked by Samsung U1 device running a Sprint SIM.
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December 1 update notice hit yesterday, installed today. Still not too bad.

Honor 9 lite July/August security update query

I like many received the 9.1 update back in July with July security updates. Since then I have received 2 more updates in August, 1 for 3gb and one today for 200mb. Both telling me update for July security updates. Am I missing anything because I would have thought the August one would have come out by now and was wondering why I have had 2 updates telling me it for July. Does anyone know why I keep getting these July updates?
I am still with the july security update too. Very strange.
9.1.0.127 is the the actual number.

Monthly Security Update - October 2022 for US (Unlocked)?

Hi everyone,
I was just wondering how often Galaxy S20 FE 5G owners here receive their security updates, because my own unit (an SM-G781U1 US unlocked model) hasn't seen one since August 2022, and searching for updates via Settings doesn't net me anything new.
Is there a cache that I should empty to make sure I get the security updates in a timely fashion, or is everybody else getting the same treatment here?
I must add that I live in France, I have a mobile contract with a French provider, and I bought this phone new from Rakuten three months ago.
According to DevCheck, the phone was manufactured on July 26, 2021. It came with Android 11 out of the box, and is now running Android 12 (One UI 4.1).
I don't expect a switch to Android 13 / One UI 5 until sometime next year, but I was under the impression that this model would get monthly security updates.
FWIW, my unit received the October Security Update today, so I suppose I should consider myself lucky. Apparently, Samsung is planning on upgrading us to One UI 5 (Android 13) sometime in December, according to GSM Arena.
Thanks for watching and take care!
As it were, the monthly update must have also brought some power management fixes, because it seems that battery life is improved on my unit. I keep the screen at 120 Hz and do a lot of Twittering and the like, and battery will get me through a solid day and a half now, instead of barely a day before the update.
I feel like its getting less often, I know eventually its supposed to go to quarterly, but that shouldnt have happened yet right?
I also didnt get september and went straight to october.
My guess is we'll maybe get one more before we get OneUI5 update which in my guess will be mid late january if last OS update is anything to go off of
This seemed to happened last year too where security updates slowed down when samsung was working on UI4
I've switched to a OnePlus 9 that's now running Android 13, but I wonder if regarding Samsung, their monthly update policy doesn't differ from one market to another.
My unit has a US (unlocked) ROM that precludes me from getting 5G connectivity, so maybe in the US the update schedule is different from, say, Europe for this model.
As for One UI 5, it should land on the S20 FE sometime in December.

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