Samsung Galaxy S8 owners can now enjoy Galaxy S9 features via Galaxy S9 ROM Port, thanks to the S9 system dump leaked a few days ago. XDA senior member AlexisXDA has released Galaxy S9 ROM Port with all the possible goodies of Samsung Galaxy S9. The custom ROM works with Galaxy S8 and S8+ sold in European and Indian market.
Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 start getting the Android 8.0 Oreo update with Samsung Experience 9.0 UI. Other Galaxy devices, such as Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will also get the Oreo update in the coming months. As usual, Oreo firmware is also available for download for manual installation via Odin (Samsung firmware flashing tool). Unfortunately, you cannot directly flash the Oreo firmware manually on Galaxy Phone, as Odin stops responding when flashing the firmware.
Finally, Samsung has also starts rolling out the stable version of Android Oreo for Galaxy S8 variants. Oreo Beta participants start receiving the OTA (over-the-air) update and non-beta users should get the update in the coming days. For Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and Galaxy Note 8, the update is imminent.
Samsung Galaxy S8, S8 Plus and Galaxy Note 8 are great devices in every aspect. However, some owners of these devices are now complaining about deep discharge and related booting/charging issue on their device. If the battery is discharged completely (discharged to zero), Galaxy S8, S8 Plus and Galaxy Note 8 refuse to boot up or charge the battery. Though no official fix is available now, there is a third-party solution to fix this issue.
Samsung has released the second beta of Android 8.0 Oreo firmware (Samsung Experience 9.0) for Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. The OTA (over the air) update with build number XXU1ZQK4 is now seeding to all Galaxy S8/S8 Plus runs on previous beta build XXU1ZQJJ. The new Beta update includes a bunch of optimizations, bug fixes and new features, alongside October 2017 security patches.
As we know, Samsung has started Beta testing Android 8.0 Oreo as Samsung Experience 9.0 for Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, but it is only available in select region. However, if you would like to taste the Oreo beta on your Galaxy S8, then you can try it right now, if your Galaxy S8 is Exynos variant (SM-G950F) and have latest version of TWRP custom recovery installed on the device.