[3] Belonging to the high-end "S" line, it was announced on 20 July 2015 and was released in September 2015 along with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0.

The Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 was announced on 20 July 2015 from a Samsung press release.

The device runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with Samsung's TouchWiz software suite.

The display is a Super AMOLED (4:3) screen with a resolution of 2048x1536 pixels.

The hardware home button serves as the fingerprint sensor.