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Most of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Models Expected To Be Powered by Exynos 2600

  The speculation has been widespread. Some suggest that the Exynos 2600 application processor (AP), produced by Samsung Foundry using its 2nm GAA technology, will be the driving force behind the majority of the Samsung Galaxy S26 models, including the Galaxy S26 Ultra in certain regions. Previously, Samsung Foundry encountered challenges with the yield of its 3nm production, resulting in a shortage of Exynos 2500 APs for the Galaxy S25 series. The standard Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra models are all equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy processor. This marks a shift from previous models, such as the Galaxy S24 series, which used both Snapdragon and Samsung's own Exynos chipsets, depending on the region.  While during Qualcomm's recent earnings call following the release of its fiscal Q4 earnings, the company said that it expected its new Snapdragon chip to be found in 75 percent of the Galaxy S26 handsets. Qualcomm said that it used to expect to get 50 pe...

AT&T Galaxy S6, S6 edge and S6 edge+ Android 7.0 Nougat Updates Ready for Release

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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