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High-End Android Phones Powered with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Some smartphones featuring the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 have already been launched in China, with many expecting a global release shortly after. A growing list of flagship smartphones are expected to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, which was officially announced in late September 2025. The chipset is anticipated to power top-tier Android devices throughout late 2025 and 2026, with several phones already confirmed or heavily rumored. Xiaomi 17 series: The Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max were confirmed as the first phones to use this chip. The Pro and Pro Max models will include a secondary rear display. nubia REDMAGIC 11 Pro series: The gaming-focused nubia REDMAGIC 11 Pro series is set to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. realme GT8 Pro: The realme GT8 Pro launched in China in October 2025 with the new Snapdragon chip and is expected to be released in international markets later. Honor Magic 8 series: The Honor Magic 8 series, which includes t...
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AT&T Galaxy S6, S6 edge and S6 edge+ Android 7.0 Nougat Updates Ready for Release

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If you owned a AT&T Galaxy S6 (SM-G920A), or a Galaxy S7 edge (SM-G925A) and a Galaxy S6 edge+ (SM-G928A) have been waiting for the Android 7.0 Nougat updates to roll out. Well, it looks like AT&T has finally prepares the said Nougat updates for their devices. In-fact, two Android 7.0 Nougat firmware version have been spotted recently in their public  firmware  server.  The first one was floating out there since early February, and the other one is also recently added later on this March.

The Android 7.0 Nougat firmware have been out there for a quite some time now, but it's not officially released yet so far. For whatever reasons it may have, or maybe those were just  a test-builds, it will definitely going out very soon. But to when the exact date really is are still blurry at this time being.

Anyways, here goes the Android 7.0 Nougat updates for the said devices. Again, this isn't rolled out yet,  but some folks already managed to install the said Nougat firmware on their devices.

The recent one caters the Android security patch level of February 1, 2015. But it hasn't released instead AT&T rolled out another Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update to build version G920AUCU5DQB3 on Galaxy S6. While previous one that we saw earlier in February is also equipped with Android security patch level of January 1, 2017. This simply means that these firmware builds were running on constant changes.

Galaxy S6 SM-G920A Android 7.0 Nougat


Android 7.0 Nougat Firmware version G920AUCU5EQB8
  • Android version: 7.0
  • Security patch level: February 1, 2017
  • Baseband version: G920AUCU5EQB8
  • Kernel version: 3.10.61-10752672
  • Build number: NRD90M.G920AUCU5EQB8

Android 7.0 Nougat Firmware version G920AUCU5EQA8
  • Android version: 7.0
  • Security patch level: January 1, 2017
  • Baseband version: G920AUCU5EQA8
  • Kernel version: 3.10.61-10459309
  • Build number: NRD90M.G920AUCU5EQA8

It is the same goes to the Galaxy S6 edge devices, since it shares similar firmware version to the Galaxy S6 with just slightly few differences.

Galaxy S6 edge  SM-G925A Android 7.0 Nougat


 Android 7.0 Nougat Firmware version G925AUCU5EQB8
  • Android version: 7.0
  • Security patch level: February 1, 2017
  • Baseband version: G924AUCU5EQB8
  • Kernel version: 3.10.61-10752672
  • Build number: NRD90M.G925AUCU5EQB8

Android 7.0 Nougat Firmware version G925AUCU5EQA8
  • Android version: 7.0
  • Security patch level: January 1, 2017
  • Baseband version: G925AUCU5EQA8
  • Kernel version: 3.10.61-10459309
  • Build number: NRD90M.G925AUCU5EQA8

Whilst for the Galaxy S6 edge+ (SM-G928A) the Android 7.0 Nougat update dubbed as build version G28AUCU4EQC5 has also showed up. It also been there ready to replace the recently released Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow G928AUCS4CQA1.
  • Android version: 7.0
  • Security patch level: February 1, 2017
  • Baseband version: G28AUCU4EQC5
  • Kernel version: 3.10.61-10752672
  • Build number: NRD90M.G28AUCU4EQC5

There you have it! Just keep on eyeing out of it as it could be release anytime soon.
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