News written by Petteri Pyyny (November, 2021)

We just received an updated timeline from Samsung about their Android 12 rollout schedule. The new timeline contains more handsets than those lists previously released by Samsung. List also adjusts the release schedule slightly for some phone models.

The list is based on Samsung's Nordic schedule, so it might or might not apply as it is for the rest of the world. But comparing the list to the one released about a month ago by Samsung's global division, the new list seems to be credible for global rollout, too.

So, here's the full list:

Android 12 already released

• Samsung Galaxy S21
• Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G
• Samsung Galaxy S21 5G
• Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus
• Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

Promised before end of the year 2021

• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

January 2022

• Samsung Galaxy S10+ (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy S10 5G (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy S10e (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy Fold
• Samsung Galaxy Note10 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10 5G (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite
• Samsung Galaxy Note10 Plus (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G
• Samsung Galaxy S20
• Samsung Galaxy S20+
• Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
• Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
• Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G
• Samsung Galaxy Note20
• Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G
• Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G

February 2022

• Samsung Galaxy A52
• Samsung Galaxy A52 5G
• Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
• Samsung Galaxy A72
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S7
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+

March 2022

• Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE 5G

April 2022

• Samsung Galaxy A51
• Samsung Galaxy A71
• Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S6

May 2022

• Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 (2020)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
• Samsung Galaxy A32
• Samsung Galaxy A32 5G
• Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro (last Android update)

June 2022:

• Samsung Galaxy A41 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A12 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A22
• Samsung Galaxy A22 5G
• Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite

July 2022

• Samsung Galaxy A21s (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A02s (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A03s
• Samsung Galaxy XCover 5

Other Samsung models

None of the models listed below appear in Samsung's official schedule - not in this new one or in the previous list. But based on what we know about Samsung's update policy and when each phone was released, we assume that these phones should get the Android 12 update, too. But if you have one of these phones, don't get your hopes too high - the updates below have not been officially confirmed by Samsung.

• Samsung Galaxy A01 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A02 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A11 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A21 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A31 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A42 5G
• Samsung Galaxy A71 5G
• Samsung Galaxy A90 5G (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy A Quantum
• Samsung Galaxy F02s (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy F12
• Samsung Galaxy F41 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy F42 5G
• Samsung Galaxy F62
• Samsung Galaxy M02 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy M02s (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy M12
• Samsung Galaxy M21 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy M21s (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy M22
• Samsung Galaxy M31
• Samsung Galaxy M31 Prime Edition (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy M31s (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy M32 5G
• Samsung Galaxy M42 5G
• Samsung Galaxy M51 (last Android update)
• Samsung Galaxy M52 5G
• Samsung Galaxy M62
• Samsung Galaxy Quantum 2

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HMD Global, a company who has licensed the Nokia brand for its Android phones, has failed to keep its promises. Company originally got into Android smartphone business by making Android update schedule promises that were pretty much unheard of back then.

And they actually managed to keep those promises quite nicely. Up until the Android 11 update. Ever since Android 11 rolled out back in September, 2020, HMD Global has been left behind in terms of speedy Android updates. To be fair, also several other companies have struggled with Android 11, too: OnePlus slipped badly from its glorious past and some companies, like Motorola and Asus, have simply abandoned some of their relatively recent models.

But despite delayed updates, HMD Global did state that it will keep its promises of three major Android updates for its existing lineup. And they have delivered - slowly, but still.

But with their most recent phone that could be realistically called as a flagship phone, Nokia 9 PureView, they decided to throw in the towel.

Company announced today that it wont release Android 11 to the Nokia 9 PureView, at all. Instead, company offers 50 percent discount on Nokia XR20 handset - or other level of discount for other X series Nokia models.

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Currently, there's a major web outage in the world, as several major web services have been experiencing outages durign the past 45 minutes or so. Affected sites include Google and Spotify.

Spotify's music services are down and even their homepage throws a 404 error when visiting their site. Furthermore, Google's services are currently unavailable, which means that all the mobile games and websites that rely on Google's services, such as login, are experiencing problems too.

DownDetector, a website that monitors the status of major web services shows that problems started about an hour ago.

And obviously, social media is full of reports about the outage with hastags such as #googledown and #spotifydown.

#SpotifyDown#Spotify #SpotifyisDown pic.twitter.com/FllAyCgDFa

-- Might (@RGsentinels) November 16, 2021

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Samsung has announced its timeline for Android 12 rollout. Internally, Samsung calls Android 12 update as OneUI 4.0 update, but the core of that update is, in fact, the Android 12 operating system.

First Samsung phones will get the Android 12 update before end of November, 2021. For other phones and tablets, the timeline is quite speedy, too. Unfortunately, some of the phone models that should get the new version of Android, haven't been listed yet, so the schedule for those devices is still somewhat unclear.

But here's what we know now:

Samsung Android 12 roll-out schedule

November, 2021

• Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy S21+
• Samsung Galaxy S21

December, 2021

• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
• Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy S20+
• Samsung Galaxy S20
• Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy Note20
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G

January, 2022

• Samsung Galaxy Fold
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10+
• Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
• Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
• Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
• Samsung Galaxy A42 5G
• Samsung Galaxy Quantum 2

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iRobot is the world's largest manufacturer of robotic vacuums. Its robovacs are sold under Roomba brand name globally. The problem is that there are tons of different Roomba models out there and Roomba's naming convention is no straightforward.

In this article, we try to clarify how various Roomba models differ from each other - and also to shine some light on Roomba's odd naming conventions. We have reviewed almost all Roomba models that exist, and thus the opinions mentioned on each model / series are based on our extensive reviews.

1. Naming convention
2. Roomba 600 series
3. Roomba 670 series
4. Roomba e5 series
5. Roomba e6 series
6. Roomba 980 series
7. Roomba 970 series
8. Roomba i3 series
9. Roomba i4 series
10. Roomba i7 series
11. Roomba i6 series
12. Roomba i8+
13. Roomba s9 series
14. Roomba j7 series
15. Roomba 500, 700 and 800 series
16. Roomba Combo (113, 1138)
17. iAdapt 1.0? 3.0? Navigation tech explained
18. Comparison chart

Model names

First of all, Roomba's naming convention can be confusing. The company has improved its game lately in this particular area, but it still causes confusion to consumers all over the world.

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HMD Global, the company that sells Nokia branded Android phones, has finally released the long overdue Android 11 update to two of its mid-range models.

Nokia's Android phones originally hit the market with extremely long update promise and rapid Android updates. Since the launch of Android 11 back in September, 2020, Nokia phones have consistantly failed to deliver that promise.

Android 12 has already been released, but we're still waiting Nokia some phones to get the promised Android 11 update.

However, this week HMD Global did finally deliver Android 11 to two of its mid-range phones: both Nokia 6.2 and Nokia 7.2 got their OTA Android 11 update in many countries.

Only the Nokia's old flagship model, Nokia 9 PureView is still without the Android 11 update (out of the phones that are supposed to get the Android 11).

Meanwhile, some manufacturers, like Asus have already released their Android 12 update schedule. For Nokia phones, we currently only know the list of Nokia models that are supposed to get Android 12 update, but not the timeline.