Honor says the software should allow owners to get to 90 percent of the core functions in just one click.
Not exact matches
On the
software front, the
Honor 7X comes with the older EMUI 5.1, based on Android Nougat, but the company
says the device will be updated to EMUI 8.0, based on Android Oreo, by the first quarter of 2018.
Keep in mind that the
Honor 8 might not get the Oreo update and there are chances that only the EMUI 8.0 features will be ported to the device as the company has already
said that due to some
software and hardware limitations, the
Honor 8 is not getting the Oreo update.
The
software, hardware, and experience are all as good or better on the
Honor 5X than the phone I last year
said was one of the best budget Android phones.
Honor 5X will be getting «regular»
software updates the company has
said, including Android Marshmallow, EMUI 4, and Android security patches.
Sam
says about the
Honor 8's EMUI
software that it is «actually quite bearable, and once I applied Nova Launcher, I found it to actually be quite nice - looking (but with some odd quirks, like black text on the dark notification panel not showing up well for Outlook notifications).»
The «hardware and
software limitations» may just be a way of
saying Honor doesn't want to invest the resources in delivering the update — instead, choosing to prioritize newer phones.
On the
software front, the
Honor 7X ships with Android Nougat - based EMUI 5.1, but it'll get an upgrade to EMUI 8.0 and Android Oreo in the first quarter of 2018, Huawei
says.
A month later
Honor India came out and
said that the
Honor 8 would not be receiving an update to Android 8.0 Oreo «due to hardware and
software limitations.»
That's not to
say the
Honor 9 will definitely last longer than the
Honor 9 Lite — review testing will reveal that — but it's fair to assume that a larger battery capacity on the same
software will produce better results.
Swiping up on any one dismisses
said app or task, while swiping down on an app «locks» it to ensure it isn't inadvertently closed by the
Honor 8's memory management
software — a feature we found particularly handy.
The
Honor 8's
software combines the two streams into a single image — a feat Huawei
said gives the
Honor 8 and P9 a dramatic leg up in low - light environments.
The
Honor 8's
software combines the two streams into a single image — a feat Huawei
said gives the
Honor 8 and P9 a dramatic leg up in low - light environments,» lauds Wiggers.
It's tough to
say how much these updates will improve the
Honor 8's
software experience, but it's still great to see Huawei at least trying.
The
Honor 8 Pro isn't exciting to look at, but the same can't be
said for its
software experience.
But having
said that, the
software on the
Honor 6X works really well.