HMD Global has been quite fast when it comes to rolling out Android updates, since the day they launched their first Nokia branded smartphone. The company has said that all Nokia smartphones powered by Android will be receiving Android 9 Pie. This includes the company’s first Android Go smartphone, the Nokia 1.
The update will be rolling out for the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus by the end of this month. The Nokia 8 Sirocco and Nokia 8 will get the update by the end of November. Nokia 7 Plus is the only Nokia smartphone to have received the update already.
Top Ten Features of Android 9.0 (Pie)
- Dark Mode for AMOLED screens
- New updates to the Messaging and Notifications
- Notch Support or Cut-out support is now available
- Performance enhancements for Kotlin based apps
- Enhanced Auto-fill with machine learning
- Strict permissions for apps as well as apps that are idle
- Support for Multiple Camera API (Dual, triple camera support now available)
- The Screen Shot capability now available in the Power-Off menu and New icons for the Settings menu
- New HEIF Image compression and improved Video Codecs for HDR VP9 Video profile 2
- Neural network API implementation is now also supported for AI assistants and apps that use machine learning
List of Nokia Smartphones to Get Android 9.0 (Pie)
- Nokia 1
- Nokia 2
- Nokia 2.1
- Nokia 3
- Nokia 3.1
- Nokia 5
- Nokia 5.1
- Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus)
- Nokia 6
- Nokia 6.1
- Nokia X6 (Nokia 6.1 Plus)
- Nokia 7
- Nokia 7 Plus
- Nokia 8
- Nokia 8 Sirocco
