This update has been a long time coming, since
the Oreo beta started in November and ended in January.
Not exact matches
OnePlus» last generation flagship smartphones have received open
beta Android 8.0
Oreo update last month and
starting today, users are receiving the final build.
«After completing extensive testing and
beta tests that are standard when we launch a new Android update or product, we are beginning to roll out Android
Oreo to select US Galaxy smartphones,
starting with the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 +,» a Samsung spokesperson told The Verge.
In a follow up Tweet, Mr. Sarvikas says that the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and the Nokia 6 will be included in the Nokia
Beta Labs program for the
Oreo update and that they were «just
starting» with the Nokia 8.
Just as we
started running through the features packed into the Android
Oreo beta for the Galaxy S8, Samsung has
started pushing out the second
beta to eligible devices.
This changes today, as The Android Soul has reported that the
Oreo beta roll - out has
started for South Korea, as promised.
Earlier today Juho Sarvikas, the Chief Product Officer at HMD Global, announced they would begin testing the Android 8.1
Oreo beta update
starting with the Nokia 8.
Samsung
started offering this option last year with their
Oreo Beta, giving users the choice to control either ringer or media volume using the hardware buttons.
HMD Global owned Nokia has
started rolling out the Android 8.1
Oreo Beta update for the Nokia 8 units.
This program
started with the Nokia 8 with the company's Android 8.0
Oreo beta update which was released as an official update a month later.
Google Android 8.0
Oreo has officially
started rolling out to Pixel, Pixel XL users across the world, including those who were on the
beta - testing program for the Android O build.
However, after finishing up its
beta program, it seems Samsung is
starting to roll out
Oreo to its Galaxy S8 flagship.
Honor 7X
started receiving Android
Oreo - based EMUI 8.0
Beta update earlier this month.
It's an Open
Beta gift box in the coming weeks for OnePlus fans as Android
Oreo starts rolling around.
Earlier this week, Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL users
started getting the OTA update to Android 8.1
Oreo, but this was limited to those in the
beta channel.
Honor USA has just announced, via Twitter, that the company has
started pushing out Android 8.0
Oreo Beta update for the Honor 7X.
OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T are said to receive Android
Oreo update within this year, but the company will soon
start moving its Open
Beta Program from the two phones to OnePlus 5 after the release of the latest software upgrade.
In related news, Xiaomi has
started recruiting
beta testers for the Mi Mix 2's Android
Oreo update, but hasn't said when it will begin rolling out
Oreo update to its other devices.
OnePlus has
started rolling out Android 8.0
Oreo update for OnePlus 3 smartphone via the closed
beta group.
Following a
beta program earlier this year, Samsung
started Oreo's rollout in Germany.
It's about a month since the LG V30
Oreo beta program went live, and the final build has already
started rolling out.
We just
started rolling out
Oreo Beta 8.1 through OTA.
According to OnePlus Germany, the Android
Oreo Open
Beta program «
starts now,» but no one seems to know what «now» means.
At launch, Xiaomi promised that the
Oreo update for the phone would be released before the end of the year, and recently
started recruiting
beta testers.
The Galaxy S8 is further along in the software testing process, as the official S8
Oreo beta program
started several weeks ago.
That won't be the case for much longer, though — in December, Xiaomi
started recruiting
beta testers for an Android
Oreo update for the Mi 6, and later that month, the company launched a closed
beta program for the Mi Mix 2's
Oreo update.
According to the online publication, the first
beta update could arrive as early as within 48 hours whereas the first public Android
Oreo update could
start rolling out mid-December.
The first developer preview came and went, and DP2 is the last
beta release before the final public version of Android 8.1
Oreo starts hitting all devices in December.
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.
Huawei Honor 7X Users
Start Receiving Android
Oreo 8.0
Beta OTA Update along with March Security Patch
Yesterday, the company
started sending our e-mails to participants in the Friendly User Test (FUT — Honor's
beta program) telling them that the
beta Oreo update with EMUI 8.0 would roll out
starting today, with every user in the
beta receiving the update by the end of the week.
This also means that although the
beta test for Android 8.0 (
Oreo) came to an end earlier this week, it is looking like it won't
start hitting devices until sometime in February at the earliest; the report did say that
beta testers can expect to see the «final»
Oreo version before the end of this month.
At launch, Xiaomi promised that the
Oreo update would be released before the end of the year, and
started looking for
beta testers at the
start of December.
Samsung Electronics
started rolling out the
beta build of Android 8.0
Oreo for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus in more European countries after initially bringing the test firmware to the United Kingdom, with consumers in Germany, France, and Poland now being able to participate in the experimental program.
The
beta of Android 8.0
Oreo is set to make its way to the handset
starting next week, so luckily there isn't much longer to wait.
According to OnePlus, it will be launching a
beta program of Android
Oreo on the OnePlus 5
starting later this month.
However, the company promised on - stage at the event that
Oreo would be arriving soon, with a
beta launching not too long after the phone
started shipping.
The company promised that the phone will receive the Android
Oreo update by the end of 2017 and according to the recent reports it has
started rolling out the
beta version of the software.
The OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T are also said to receive the upgrade to Android
Oreo in early 2018, with the Open
Beta series
starting this month.
Original story (11/10): Samsung
started rolling out the Android 8.0
Oreo beta program for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus just last week, introducing the latest Android software to its flagship phones.
There has also been word that Samsung may soon
start its
beta program for Android
Oreo, ahead of the software's official release.
Samsung not only released Android 8.0
Oreo update for the
Beta registered users but also non-
beta Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + owners
started receiving the update, a few days ago in the market like India, Norway, Turkey, UAE, France, Belgium and others.
Even though there was no mention of specific dates as to when the stable Android
Oreo will
start hitting the Galaxy S8 and S8 +, the fact that the
beta program is to come to an end mid this month is enough to confirm that
Oreo may
start rolling out on the same date or immediately after.
However, given how well
Oreo was running on the Galaxy S8 in
beta, we can probably assume that the final update will
start its rollout soon.
To combat this, Essential has
started rolling - out its first Android 8.1
Oreo beta for the device, and it contains an experimental patch for the slow - scrolling jitter.
Less than a month after its
beta started, Android 8.1
Oreo is now available to download for all Essential Phone owners!
Even though we don't have a specific date as to when OnePlus will
start rolling out the stable version of
Oreo to OnePlus 3 and 3T, the Chinese OEM has just talked up the expected launch and release dates for Android
Oreo open
beta and stable version for the OnePlus 5, which was unveiled in June 2017.
That means that the phone gets pretty quick updates, and in fact recently
started its
beta for Android 8.0
Oreo.
In addition, Google promised that It will be one of the 1st devices that will receive Android P. Back in December, Xiaomi
started testing the
Oreo update with a few
beta testers.
The development may not impact the release of Android 8.0
Oreo for the Galaxy Note 8 whose
beta has yet to officially
start, though some experimental builds have already been leaked online in recent weeks.