PSA: Galaxy S9 May update adds option to use both SIMs in LTE mode

Final updated: June 1st, 2018 at fourteen:37 UTC+01:00

It was effectually a week ago that Samsung released the May 2018 security patch update for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Since then, the update has released in many countries effectually the globe, and if y'all own a dual SIM variant of the Galaxy S9 or S9+, the latest update besides brings the ability to use both SIM cards in LTE way. Before the Galaxy S9 was released, rumors had suggested the phone would let consumers use both SIMs in LTE way instead of limiting one to a 2G/3G network (which is the case on pretty much every dual SIM phone today). Samsung has now added the feature to its latest flagship via a software update.

Galaxy S9 can now run in dual SIM, dual LTE mode

Before y'all get excited, we should point out that the ability to use both SIM cards on an LTE network comes from the new modems in this year'southward Exynos and Snapdragon fries. You shouldn't, therefore, look to get the same functionality on existing Samsung devices. If you have a dual SIM Galaxy S9 or S9+, however, you can at present go into the SIM bill of fare manager card in the Connections bill of fare of the Settings app and set both SIM 1 and SIM two to use LTE networks. Of course, you tin can continue to apply 1 of the SIM cards on 3G or 2G way if you call up that will reduce bombardment usage. That shouldn't be the problem for most, though, since mobile data volition however be enabled on only one SIM.

If you take a dual SIM Milky way S9 or S9+ and haven't still updated to the latest software, you can do and then now from the Settings » Software update carte by borerDownload updates manually. The build number for the May update is G960FXXU1BRE5 for the Milky way S9 and G965FXXU1BRE5 for the Galaxy S9+. As usual, you can likewise download the latest firmware for your country from our database (Galaxy S9 | Galaxy S9+) should you not be able to download the update over the air.