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Samsung Galaxy M10, M20 won’t have Android Pie at launch

July 26, 2025

While you wouldn’t know it from all the hype, but theGalaxy S10 seriesisn’t the only new range of smartphones on Samsung’s imminent release schedule.

The South Korean giant is preparing to launch two new phones — theGalaxy M10 and M20— next week targeting younger buyers in the Indian market. Thanks to Samsung itself, we also now know that neither phone will runAndroid 9.0 Pieat launch.

Promotional imagery for the Samsung Galaxy M Series.

Samsung (accidentally?) confirmed the news in an update to the Android Pie update roadmap inside its Members app (viaMySmartPrice).

The slip up confirms the name of both phones as well as the fact that the two handsets runAndroid Oreoout-of-the-box and not Google’s latest flagship OS.

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While that’s a bit of a bummer, it’s good to know both phones will receive a hot slice of Pie further down the line. The roadmap lists both phones’ Pie due date estimate as August 2019.

We don’t have long to wait until the M10 and M20 officially break cover. The two M series phones are set to debut on Jan. 28 armed withcompetitive pricingintended to take on Chinese OEMs’ increasing iron grip on the India market.

As for the specs and features,promotional imageshave hinted at a waterdrop notch, large displays, even larger batteries, and Exynos chipsets.

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