01-27-2018 , 09:57 PM
Quote:Android Oreo is here, and while many are still waiting for their phone's Nougat update, it's still worth looking forward.
Android Oreo is Google's eighth full version of Android and brings one major shift in strategy that might mean we're not waiting for updates as long as we have been. Called Project Treble, the system files have been rearranged so that it's easier for the company who made your phone (and the company who made the parts it's built from) to update its software so that it works with updated versions of the Android core.
Other improvements for the interface and security are part of the update, too. New ways to display notifications while still keeping the same layout but letting the user control the amount of information given are coming, as are multi-function icons with unread indicators. These are all features companies building phones will need to implement into its version of Android Oreo in some form or fashion, or not at all. Android is like that — Samsung or Motorola or whoever can do as they please as long as they meet a few standards for access to Google Play. It makes Android more fun, but makes the update situation a little frustrating.
The most important thing about Oreo for many of us is [b]when[/b]. As in, when will we see it on our phones? Right now the answer to the question is mostly a guessing game, though some of the guessing is fairly easy. We'll revisit here as we get official information, but for now, this is what we think the Android Oreo landscape is going to look like.
Google has also done some name dropping. In the announcement for Android Oreo, they tell us that Essential, General Mobile, HMD Global, Huawei, HTC, Kyocera, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony are all scheduled to update some of their phones to Oreo. Of course, we have no sense of a timeline here, so expect some to be sooner and some to be later.
- [b]ASUS[/b] has confirmed the Oreo update for the ZenFone 3 and ZenFone 4. The Zenfone 4 received its update on the last day of 2017, and we should expect to see updates "gradually released to all supported devices by the second half of 2018."
- [b]OnePlus[/b] has updated the OnePlue 3 and 3T and OnePlus 5 to Oreo. A beta version is available for the OnePlus 5T and it shouldn't be long until it becomes official as well.
- [b]Sony[/b] has announced the Oreo update for a long list of Xperia phones. See the full list here. The Xperia XZ, XZs, and X Performance have already been updated.
- [b]HTC[/b] tells us that the HTC U11, HTC U Ultra, and HTC 10 will be getting Oreo. The HTC U11 (and U11 Life) have already been updated, while the HTC 10 started to see it but it was pulled for unknown reasons. More details and word of other device update plans is coming soon.
- [b]Nokia (HMD Global)[/b] says every Android phone it makes will be updated to Oreo including the Nokia 3. The Nokia 6, 7, and 8 have already been updated and the Nokia 8 has a beta version of Android 8.1 available. More information will be coming.
- [b]Motorola[/b] now has a list of phones that will get Android O, including the Moto Z, Z Force, Z Play and their Verizon Droid counterparts. Of course, the newer Z2 and G5 series will get updated, too. After some initial "errors in the marketing system," the G4 Plus is also added to the list. Nice save, Moto. The Moto X4 started its update rollout in the third week of January 2018.
Samsung
LG
- The Note 8 will ship with Nougat but will be updated to Android Oreo.
- The Galaxy S8
- The Galaxy S8+
- The Galaxy S8 Active
- The Galaxy S7
- The Galaxy S7 edge
- The Galaxy S7 Active
Motorola
HTC
Huawei
Source: Android Centralhttps://www.androidcentral.com/will-my-p...-android-o