Samsung's popular mid-range smartphone Galaxy A9 Pro, which made its debut in May 2016, came with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out-of-the-box. Now, the device is expected finally get Google's sugar candy flavoured Nougat update very soon.
The Galaxy A9 Pro bearing model number: SM-A910 series has been spotted on not one, but two performance testing sites — Geekbench and GFXBench — running Android Nougat OS, hinting Samsung has commenced software testing on the device.
However, the Galaxy A9 Pro is most likely to get the original v7.0, not the latest v7.1.1. Having said that, the device is confirmed to get all major feature upgrades with May or the latest Google June security patch.
What's coming in Android Nougat for Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro?
Android Nougat brings night mode, bundled notification, improved battery optimisation, multi-window options and more.
Read more: Android 7.0 Nougat released: 16 key upgrades of Google's new mobile OS update over Marshmallow
Besides the standard Google prescribed Nougat features, Samsung has also incorporated custom features of it own to the software. It includes the Always On Display that lets users change the clock colour, get enhanced accessibility, lock screen personalisation option to improve notifications on display, card dynamic adjustment of display size, revamped calendar app, new font option for titles so that it can be displayed in dominant upper case characters, option to use owner's image for the display, and newer clock styles.
Performance Mode has also been added to the Galaxy mobile that lets users optimise their smartphones to better meet their specific needs by activating one of the four available modes — Optimised mode (extends battery), Game mode (provides useful functions such as Game Launcher and Game Tools), Entertainment mode (enhances sound and image quality) and High Performance mode (enables the highest quality display settings possible).
Further, the home screen has been re-designed to support the Launcher shortcut feature for direct Reply to notifications, quick options, refurbished call screen to clearly display the call status for received call, much simplified UI, swipe on camera supported, Smart Manager, improved Power Saver settings and more.
Watch this space for latest updates on Samsung products and Google software release schedule details.
