Here’s why Samsung unexpectedly stopped Android Oreo rollout for Galaxy S8, S8+

Just a week after rolling out the Android Oreo update for Galaxy S8 and S8, Samsung unexpectedly stopped the service. The reason behind the halt, until now, was unknown. But, Samsung on Thursday, addressed the matter, and said that the company decided to stop the rollout after some users reported of unexpected reboots after updating their devices to Oreo.

Several Galaxy S8 and S8+ users, as reported by SamMobile complained of unexpected reboots after updating their handsets to Oreo. Soon after Samsung heard about users facing the issue, the company addressed the problem and is apparently investigating it. Samsung on Thursday, via an official statement confirmed the reason behind stopping the rollout and said that they are looking into the matter and will come out with a new update soon.

“Following a limited number of cases where Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices have rebooted unexpectedly with the Android 8.0 Oreo, we have temporarily stopped the rollout of the update,” notes Samsung while addressing the unexpected halt of the software rollout. Going forward the South Korean smartphone manufacturer said that they are currently investigating the issue. “We are investigating the issue internally to ensure that the impact to the affected devices is minimized and the rollout of the update can resume as quickly as possible,” notes Samsung.

So, in case you have downloaded the update on your Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, but haven’t installed it yet, then the downloaded update files will be deleted automatically. On the other hand, users who have already updated their devices to Android 8.0 Oreo need not worry or do anything, and can continue using their phones as they have been ever since the update started rolling out.

Samsung did confirm that the company is working on the matter and will soon resume the update, but the company, as for now, didn’t give any estimation on when the update process will resume. However, we can expect the rollout to recommence in the next couple of days.

To recall, the Oreo update came along with a new version of Samsung Experience UI, aka the Samsung Experience 9.0 on top and also the February security patch. The update included several features, including — the new launcher shortcuts, colourful media notifications, improvements to biometric functions and Samsung keyboard, Dual Messenger, and also revamped the “About” section in Settings to the Galaxy S8 and also S8+. In addition, the Oreo update also included features like — Notification dots, Autofill, contextual app shortcuts, Picture-in-Picture, and faster boot time. The Oreo update also brought along improvements to the overall performance of the devices, and also the battery life.