Galaxy Tab Oreo Update: 7 Reasons to Get Excited & 3 Not To

Long Wait Times for Many Users

Good news: If you own a newer Galaxy Tab model you'll get Oreo. Bad news: The update is probably weeks, if not months, away.

Right now Samsung's focus is on newer flagship phones which means it'll focus on devices like the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 before it moves on to other devices.

According to Samsung Turkey, the Galaxy Tab S3 Oreo update will emerge in May. Samsung Canada says Galaxy Tab S3 Oreo will start arriving in the spring or summer.

Release dates for the Galaxy Tab A8 and Galaxy Tab A10.1 will be evidently come later in 2018. Samsung Canada declined to provide release windows. 

Once the roll out begins for your Galaxy Tab, it could be several weeks before you get your Android Oreo upgrade.

It usually takes several weeks, sometimes several months, for an update to hit every device. And often times, updates are delayed due to bugs found in internal testing. Remember, carriers like T-Mobile also need to test the software and tack on changes of their own. 

Let's hope Samsung brings Google's Project Treble to Galaxy tablets down the road.