Hi, first of all, sorry but it sounds funny that some Google products (GPay for example) stopped working while "Google is certifying" it's own product? And if it is the usual way things go, Samsung should be aware of it and not offer users to install updates that can destroy functions of their phones.
Irregular notifications: after the mentioned update some notifications are silent, even when phone is not set up this way. Many other problems with different apps too.
Worldwide Samsung problem: if I find the same subject on the US, EU, and India forums (to name a few) than it IS a worldwide problem.
Howewer, the real problem is Samsung's lack of customr care. It is not comforting for me to just sit and hope one day the new update will solve it all. I repeat, the update should have been tested in advance which, obviously, Samsung bypassed.
Also, this is not the first time customer care from Samsung deserves zero points from me. I privately own a Samsung 40-inch smart TV. After only 4,5 years the TV became useless in a lot of functions (web services and web-related apps) because Samsung stops with updates to this TV model. When I complained to the customer care service and when we narrowed down to what really the problem is, they just stopped answering my emails. The TV remains half-useless.
It is unbeliveable how little Samsung cares about it's customers, many of whom depend on their products, either through work, private lives etc. I obviously am never again going to use a Samsung product anymore, but this ignorance from once great company has to be stopped once for all.
