Home » Android Guides Android Pie beta build N950FXXU5ZSA1 for Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F is now available – Beta Program has been started Android Guides Android Pie beta build N950FXXU5ZSA1 for Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F is now available – Beta Program has been started

Finally the wait is over, Samsung has started testing the Android Pie beta update for 2017 flagships, Galaxy S8, S8 Plus and Note 8. After rolling out a few beta iteration, Samsung has already released stable Pie build for the S9, S9 Plus, now it seems the enrollment of 2017 flagships in the beta program has started. Well talking about the Galaxy Note 8 Android Pie update, Sammobile has spotted Android Pie test build for the Galaxy Note 8 units on the Samsung servers as build N950FXXU5ZSA1. If you are getting impatient to download Android Pie N950FXXU5ZSA1 beta for Galaxy Note 8 SM-N950F we have posted below the complete tutorial to update your device right away.

It is needless to mention that the update comes with goodies of Android including Swipe Gesture navigation, Rotation suggestion, Adaptive Battery and Adaptive Brightness. Other goodies include Smart replies, Text selection, App actions, Redesigned Quick Setting tiles and Notification Panel, Redesigned Volume Options and lot more.

We have posted below different methods to download and install the Android Pie One UI beta N950FXXU5ZSA1 for Note 8 SM-N950F. The first one to get yourself registered with the beta program to make your device eligible for getting future beta updates regularly, a detailed separate guide for that is mentioned below.

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Firmware details:

Device Name: Samsung Note 8

Model: SM-N950F

Android OS: Android 9.0 Pie (beta)

Region:

Build no: N950FXXU5ZSA1

Skin: One UI

Security Patch Level: January 01, 2018

Size:

Samsung One UI details:

Well talking about the Samsung’s One UI, the Korean Tech giant introduced this re-branded UI with main focus on the convenience of one-handed usage. According to the change log, the Android One UI comes with reorganized content, settings and other information to keep you focused on the task in hand. Interactive element have been moved to bottom so that they become easily accessible for one handed usage. There are a bunch of other features and improvements in the firmware that you can see the in the change log below.

How to download Android 9.0 Pie Beta N950FXXU5ZSA1 for Note 8 SM-N950F

The firmware on Samsung device is mostly updated manually via Odin or Kies, since this is a beta update so you need to join the Samsung Beta program via Samsung+ app to get the update on your device. We have also posted a separate detailed article on how to join Samsung Beta Program to get Android Pie N950FXXU5ZSA1 update on Samsung.

Hint! Once you get registered yourself with the beta program, head to Settings > About device > System updates. If the OTA automatically doesn’t knock at your device.

You can also download the working Android Pie beta for Note 8 SM-N950F, right here

We are also trying to get our hands on the Odin flash-able tar file, once we find it we’ll update you about it. Stay tuned for more updates!