The Moto G5 Plus is running Nougat Android 7 out of the box, and it is
pure stock version.
Not exact matches
On the Note 4, there is additional software added by T - mobile to plug this hole (custom
version of
stock hotspot app that can detect everything), but I don't think the N5 ever had that «custom» hotspot, simply because its supposed to
pure android
In that respect you should know that you are going to lose your Nexus 5 warranty — that's happening because you are going to replace the
stock / default /
pure Android OS with a custom
version of the Marshmallow system.
Both handsets were running Android 7.1.1 Nougat at the time of their testing, and the actual software on the two devices should essentially be the
stock version of Google's omnipresent mobile operating system, with the Chinese firm recently stating that all of its future smartphones and tablets will be offered with a vanilla Android experience and not the Vibe
Pure UI.
Google's Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones offer what most consider a
purer version of Android, as close to
stock as you can get, but they're close to a year old and lack many of the hardware and software features Samsung has added to its phones over the last 18 months.
We started to see some of those touches with the Moto X, an almost
pure stock Android phone that shipped, and still receives, the latest
versions of Android from the mothership, as well as other goodies.
If you have a phone that doesn't run
stock Android — like a Samsung Galaxy or an LG device — we recommend these tweaks to make it more like
pure Android (the best
version of Android, in our opinion).
Stock Android, also known by some as vanilla or
pure Android, is the most basic
version of the OS designed and developed by Google.
Android One was originally announced in a haze of confusion, basically pitched as a
pure Android
version that would run in
stock form on manufacturers» hardware.
At an outright cost of between $ 399 and $ 499, there are better midrange devices out there that are both more powerful and better looking aesthetically, like the Nexus 5X for example, which offers a
pure stock Android experience, though Motorola's
version of the OS is pretty close to the
stock version of Google's OS.
And as always it came with the promise of a
pure Android experience (read «
stock Android with no skins «-RRB- and automatic updates to the latest
version of Android, all at a price of approximately USD 100 (give or take a few dollars).
Stock Android — like what's found on Nexus and Pixel phones (among others)-- is the
purest version of Android available.
Lenovo is canning its Vibe
Pure UI Android skin in favor of the
stock version of Google's mobile OS for its future smartphones, starting with the upcoming K8 Note, according to an interview from Gadgets 360 with Anuj Sharma, Lenovo India's head of marketing.
In that respect you should know that you are going to lose your Nexus 5 warranty — that's happening because you are going to replace the
stock / default /
pure Android OS with a custom
version of the Marshmallow system.
The Asus Padfone 2 is powered by Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean, but what sets it apart from many of the major third - party Android manufacturers is that it's a relatively
pure, almost
stock version of the celebrated Google OS.