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gswhite1
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

Trying to add the Dropbox mobile app to a 2016 v7.1.1 Samsung Android Tablet

I am trying to add Dropbox to a 2016 v7.1.1 Samsung Android Tablet. It's not working.
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    6 months ago
    gswhite1 wrote:

    I have two others with Dropbox installed on 7.1.1 ???

    If it's already installed (likely a previous version) then it may continue to work until Dropbox finally pulls the plug, but the current version of the app requires Android 8 or later. Google ended support of Android 7.1.1 nearly 5 years ago.

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gswhite1
Explorer | Level 4

I have two others with Dropbox installed on 7.1.1 ???

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Rich
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6 months ago
gswhite1 wrote:

I have two others with Dropbox installed on 7.1.1 ???

If it's already installed (likely a previous version) then it may continue to work until Dropbox finally pulls the plug, but the current version of the app requires Android 8 or later. Google ended support of Android 7.1.1 nearly 5 years ago.

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