Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 Android 8.0 Oreo stable update starts rolling out


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HMD global has started rolling out Android Oreo beta update for the Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 last month, and the Nokia 6 got the Oreo beta in India earlier this month. As promised, the company today started rolling out stable Android Oreo update for both the phones globally, including India. This was announced by the company’s Chief product officer; Juho Sarvikas on Twitter. Both the phones were launched running Android 7.1.1 (Nougat).

Android 8.0 Oreo brings range of features including Background limits, Picture-in-Picture (PIP), notification channels, Wide-gamut color for apps, Adaptive icons, Companion device pairing, Keyboard navigation, AAudio API for Pro Audio and more.

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The update is 1822.9MB in size for the Nokia 6, has the version number 5.220 and also includes Android security update for January 2018. Since this is phased roll out, it might take some time for the update to reach everyone. The company already confirmed Oreo beta program for the Nokia 3 is coming soon and also said that the Nokia 2 will go straight to 8.1 and will include memory optimization features found in Android Oreo (Go Edition).


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