We'll just have to see how this all plays out once
OEMs start rolling out their own versions of Android Oreo.
While this may sound like really slow progress, the numbers will likely ramp up as more
OEMs start rolling out the new version to their smartphones in the coming months.
Not exact matches
Once it is
out, developers around the world (including
OEMs like HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericcson) will
start building the source code and
start rolling out the update for android devices.
Many
OEMs have
started to
roll it
out the update to their devices including OnePlus, HTC, and now Sony with the Sony Xperia XZ and the Sony Xperia XZs as reported by users on our forums.
Huawei, one of the first
OEMs to unveil a smartphone powered by Android Oreo
out of the box, has just
started rolling out the same Oreo treat to its older handsets.
The latest Android security patch for the month of March is all set to
start rolling out in the coming week, but it is just now that most non-Google
OEMs are busy
rolling out the -LSB-...]
The statistics showed that Oreo has moved from 0.2 to 0.3 percent, which is a promising
start for the fledgling update as many
OEMs are currently only
rolling out the update in beta form.
The
OEMs will individually announce when they
start rolling out Android Oreo for their smartphones.
Android 7.0 Nougat
started rolling out to Google Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X back in August and since then, a good number of Android
OEMs have launched beta testing programs for their high - end phones.
Apart from HTC, Sony, Samsung and LG are the first few
OEMs to
start rolling out Android Lollipop update for their latest devices.
Some of the giant
OEMs including Samsung, HTC and Sony will
start rolling out the Android 4.3 update for their high - end devices in the coming months but all the low - end and mid-tier devices would not get the update.