As expected, HMD Global is prioritising some of its more popular smartphones for the Android Pie rollout. Firstly, that includes handsets running on the Snapdragon 600 SoC series, starting with the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus. Both the smartphones should start receiving the update sometime this month. On the other hand, the Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco should get their respective Android 9 updates in November. Notably, the company did not provide any clear dates for the release of the update to the smartphones.
Quite a few device makers have revealed their Android Pie update roll-out timelines. In the case of HMD Global, the company has promised the Android Pie update for all Nokia-branded devices, which is nice to see. HMD Global has consistently distinguished itself with respect to software updates, and all new Nokia-branded phones are part of the Android One platform, which means they are required to receive monthly security updates. At the Nokia 7.1 announcement yesterday, HMD Global revealed that the Nokia 6.1 and the Nokia 6.1 Plus would receive the Android Pie update this month. Notably, the company is launching the Nokia 7.1 with Android 8.1 Oreo, but the phone will receive the Android Pie update this month as well.
The official Android Pie update saga has yet to get any sort of momentum. Android 9 Pie was released by Google for the Google Pixel/XL and the Google Pixel 2/XL in August. On the same day of release, Essential rolled out the Android Pie update to the Essential Phone. Since then, we have seen the OnePlus 6 receive official Android 9 in the form of OxygenOS 9.0. HMD Global has rolled out Android 9 Pie to the Nokia 7 Plus. Beta updates are ongoing for a few Huawei devices, and Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie is in development for the Samsung Galaxy S9/Galaxy S9+. As of now, that’s where the story stands.
Google announced Android 9.0 Pie update for Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL devices in August. Since then, there have been few other smartphones which have received the Pie update- notably the OnePlus 6 with OxygenOS 9.0, Essential Phone and Nokia 7 Plus. Other smartphone makers such as Samsung and Huawei have been testing the Android Pie update for their devices and is expected soon. HMD Global, the home of Nokia smartphones, had earlier announced Pie update for all is Android One devices. The second batch of devices expected to get the update this month are the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus following which the Nokia 8 Sirocco and Nokia 8 are next in line to receive the update next month.
The Nokia 6.1 comes with a 5.5-inch display with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. It is powered by the Snapdragon 630 SoC coupled with Adreno 508 GPU and includes 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. With respect to the cameras, there is a 16-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel selfie camera. The smartphone is backed by a 3000mAh battery and runs on stock Android 8.1 Oreo.
Who is getting a slice of Pie? The Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus are first in line, they’ll get Android 9.0 this month. Next up are the Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco will be updated in November. The Nokia 8 launched in October 2017 with 7.1 Nougat, so in its first year of support the 8 will go through two major Android versions.
HMD Global will ship Android 9 Pie update to Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus smartphones this month. There will be two more devices – Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco – that will get the same update in November. Yesterday at Nokia 7.1 launch event in London, the company made the announcement about the Android 9 Pie update for these four Nokia devices, 9to5Google reports. The Nokia 7.1 features ‘PureDisplay’ technology, which according to HMD ensures higher contrast, and more vibrant colors. It has a 5.84-inch IPS LCD FHD+ notched panel, with a resolution of 1080×2280 pixels, and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The display is HDR10-compliant, and has a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Interestingly, the smartphone also has a dedicated 16-bit engine that can convert SDR content to HDR in real-time.
Nokia 6.1 & 6.1 Plus get Android Pie this month, Nokia 8
HMD Global added that the Nokia 8 and the Nokia 8 Sirocco would receive the Android 9 Pie update next month. As of now, the Nokia 7 Plus (which received official Android P developer preview updates in the past) remains the only Nokia smartphone to receive the stable Android Pie update. The Nokia 8 Sirocco remains the company’s current flagship as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845-powered Nokia 9 is yet to be unveiled. If the company follows up on its promises by rolling out the updates on time, it will have once again distinguished itself against its competitors, which include the likes of Xiaomi, Honor, Motorola, Asus, Realme, and others. The Nokia 6.1 Plus, for example, would gain a competitive advantage in terms of software after receiving the Android Pie update.The official Android Pie update saga has yet to get any sort of momentum. Android 9 Pie was released by Google for the Google Pixel/XL and the Google Pixel 2/XL in August. On the same day of release, Essential rolled out the Android Pie update to the Essential Phone. Since then, we have seen the OnePlus 6 receive official Android 9 in the form of OxygenOS 9.0. HMD Global has rolled out Android 9 Pie to the Nokia 7 Plus. Beta updates are ongoing for a few Huawei devices, and Samsung Experience 10 based on Android Pie is in development for the Samsung Galaxy S9/Galaxy S9+. As of now, that’s where the story stands.
Google announced Android 9.0 Pie update for Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL devices in August. Since then, there have been few other smartphones which have received the Pie update- notably the OnePlus 6 with OxygenOS 9.0, Essential Phone and Nokia 7 Plus. Other smartphone makers such as Samsung and Huawei have been testing the Android Pie update for their devices and is expected soon. HMD Global, the home of Nokia smartphones, had earlier announced Pie update for all is Android One devices. The second batch of devices expected to get the update this month are the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus following which the Nokia 8 Sirocco and Nokia 8 are next in line to receive the update next month.
The Nokia 6.1 comes with a 5.5-inch display with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution. It is powered by the Snapdragon 630 SoC coupled with Adreno 508 GPU and includes 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. With respect to the cameras, there is a 16-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel selfie camera. The smartphone is backed by a 3000mAh battery and runs on stock Android 8.1 Oreo.
Who is getting a slice of Pie? The Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus are first in line, they’ll get Android 9.0 this month. Next up are the Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco will be updated in November. The Nokia 8 launched in October 2017 with 7.1 Nougat, so in its first year of support the 8 will go through two major Android versions.
HMD Global will ship Android 9 Pie update to Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus smartphones this month. There will be two more devices – Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco – that will get the same update in November. Yesterday at Nokia 7.1 launch event in London, the company made the announcement about the Android 9 Pie update for these four Nokia devices, 9to5Google reports. The Nokia 7.1 features ‘PureDisplay’ technology, which according to HMD ensures higher contrast, and more vibrant colors. It has a 5.84-inch IPS LCD FHD+ notched panel, with a resolution of 1080×2280 pixels, and a 19:9 aspect ratio. The display is HDR10-compliant, and has a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Interestingly, the smartphone also has a dedicated 16-bit engine that can convert SDR content to HDR in real-time.
Nokia will start rolling out Android Pie updates this month
The Snapdragon 600-series phones are first up for Pie with the Nokia 6.1 and 6.1 Plus getting the update later this month. The newly announced Nokia 7.1 is also expected to have Pie before the month is out (it launches with Oreo). Nokia's flagship phones, the Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco are also getting Pie, but not until next month. You can see the announcement of this timeline in the video below around the eight-minute mark.
Nokia’s Android 9 Pie update just landed on the company’s Nokia 7 Plus within the past couple of weeks. Now, alongside the reveal of a new smartphone, Nokia is confirming Pie updates for a few more of its devices.
At its London launch event today, Nokia confirmed that Android 9 Pie was heading out to a few more phones starting this month. Firstly, that includes devices running on the Snapdragon 600-series chipsets. Namely, that’s the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus. Both of those devices will get Pie during the month of October.
On the other hand, Nokia’s is also updating the Nokia 8 and the Nokia 8 Sirocco to Pie starting in November. There’s no clear timeline, but the update will apparently arrive before the month is out.
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