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Nokia 8 Starts Receiving Stable Android 9.0 Pie Update, Rollout to Be in Phases

Nokia 8 Starts Receiving Stable Android 9.0 Pie Update, Rollout to Be in Phases

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 19 December 2018 19:49 IST

Nokia 8 has started receiving its stable Android 9.0 Pie update, a month late

Highlights

Nokia 8 was supposed to receive Android 9.0 Pie in November
That rollout was delayed, HMD Global said, due to issues
Nokia 8 is now receiving the Android 9.0 Pie update in phases

Nokia 8 has started receiving its stable Android 9.0 Pie update, a month after it was scheduled to receive it. To recall, the Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco were both due to receive Android 9.0 Pie in November, but earlier this month, Nokia mobile brand licensee HMD Global revealed that the rollout had been delayed due to issues. It appears that the issues have been resolved, because HMD Global on Wednesday announced that the Android 9.0 Pie update for the Nokia 8 is now rolling out in phases.

HMD Global Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas announced on Twitter that the phased rollout of the Android 9.0 Pie update for the Nokia 8 starts today. As we mentioned, the company had in October announced the Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco will be getting their Android 9.0 Pie updates in November.

However, once that date passed, HMD Global had clarified that the Nokia 8 update had been delayed thanks to issues.

Later in December, the company rolled out the Android 9.0 Pie beta update to the Nokia 8 via its Nokia Beta Labs programme. It came with the standard Pie-based features, such as Adaptive Battery and Adaptive Brightness, a new navigation system, as well as the December 2018 Android security patch.

The Nokia 8 was launched globally in August 2017, before being brought to India in September of the same year. It received its Android 8.1 Oreo update in February this year.

Nokia 8

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Great performance
Very good display
Excellent battery life
Decent cameras
Stock Android, promise of timely updates

Bad
Not fully waterproof
Low-light camera performance could’ve been better

Read detailed Nokia 8 review

Display 5.30-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

Front Camera 13-megapixel

Rear Camera 13-megapixel

RAM 4GB

Storage 64GB

Battery Capacity 3090mAh

OS Android 7.1.1

Resolution 1440x2560 pixels

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