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Samsung Experience 9.5 upgrade with Android Oreo 8.1

Samsung Experience 9.5 brings you Android Oreo 8.1, with exciting new features from Samsung and Google based on feedback from users like you.

We recommend that you back up your important data to keep it safe during the upgrade.

Here’s what’s new.

Quick Panel
- Manage notifications for each app with notification categories (supported apps only).
- Icons will be shown at the bottom of the notification panel for notifications that aren't currently visible.

Home Screen
- Touch and hold an app to display shortcuts to common or recommended tasks within the app (supported apps only).
- Notification badges on app icons and in the notification panel are synced. Clear a notification in one location, and it will show as cleared in the other location.

Samsung Keyboard
- The Samsung keyboard toolbar gives quick access to useful functions.
- GIF keyboard lets you to send GIFs with Samsung keyboard.
- More high-contrast keyboards are available.

System Performance
- Background services are limited to improve performance and battery life.

Samsung account
- Control your profile information for multiple apps.
- Tap your profile picture on the main Settings page to access your profile information and account settings.

Bixby
- Bixby will be upgraded from 1.0 to 2.0.

Other improvements
- The user settings of easy mode may be removed on new OS, please set them again after OS upgrade.
- Weather widget's version is updated, and it will cause the weather widget disappear from idle. So please drag the weather widget to idle after you update your OS.
- The lock screen theme maybe removed on new OS,please set it again after upgrade.