Last year, Samsung released the Galaxy Tab A9 series which includes Galaxy Tab A9+ in both SIM and Wi-Fi variants. Well, both the models were running on Android 13 with One UI 5.1.1 out-of-the-box. It looks like the South Korean OEM is now focusing on pushing the latest firmware updates to its Tablet devices. Currently, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus Android 14 update is live in multiple regions.
As of now, the latest stable Android 14 update has been rolled out in Asian and European countries based on the One UI 6.0 skin. To recall, the One UI 6.0 skin is also the latest stock skin for Samsung Galaxy devices that provides a better user interface & improved features apart from native Android OS features. This specific Android 14 update brings the firmware version X216BXXU1BXA7 for the European variant.
It’s available in and is also available in countries like Indonesia and the Philippines. Meanwhile, the same software update comes with the firmware version X216BXXU1BXA9 for Galaxy Tab A9 Plus in India. We should also mention that this new update includes the December 2023 security patch version to cope up with the potential security risks for the Galaxy Tab A9+ model.
As this is quite a huge update, you might need to use the Wi-Fi network to download the same instead of the mobile data or hotspot. The best part is that Galaxy Tab A9+ owners will also be able to receive two more major Android OS updates in the upcoming years.
Top Features of One UI 6.0 for Galaxy Tab A9+
Although there are so many Android 14 native features and One UI 6.0 features available, we’ve mentioned a couple of useful features below.
- You’ll get the new Quick Panel layout in Android 14 (One UI 6.0) for accessing app shortcuts.
- Improved icons and theme elements with colour schemes.
- Redesigned lock screen widgets
- Clock widget fonts
- placement of lock screen clock widgets
- New media player widget
- New home screen widgets like Custom Camera and Weather Insight
- Two-hand gestures mode
- Inbuilt Photo Editor mode for improved editing controls
- Samsung Studio (default video editor), supports drafts & timelines
- New media player widget in the notifications area
- better multi-tasking using pop-up windows
- Windows Phone Link app compatible
- Improved stock camera UI with the document scanner
- Clip objects or subjects from images and save them as stickers
- The inbuilt video player now supports playback speed controls
- The weather app is now more animated
- Improved Samsung Health
- Improved home screen of the Reminder app
- Reminders are quite visible in the Calendar app
- Samsung Internet can play videos in the background
- Passkeys support for the Samsung Pass app
- Intelligent Airplane Mode that remembers user choices
- Added Accessibility features
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If you’re using the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus device, check the available OTA update via Settings > Software Update > Download and Install. It’ll automatically install the update. Wait for it to complete and then reboot the device to change effects.
However, if you’re not receiving any software updates, go through the Samsung stock firmware installation guide to manually flash the latest software version depending on your device model.