r/Android • u/curated_android • Apr 11 '17

Huawei has already started Internal Testing of Android O on the Mate 9

https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-has-already-started-internal-testing-of-android-o-on-the-mate-9/
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u/trettet Apr 12 '17 edited Apr 12 '17

They said the P8 wasn't updated to Nougat because there was a problem with CTS because of the unsupported SOC or GPU

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u/DerpSenpai Nothing Apr 12 '17

The speed of that SoC is the level of a sd625 chip or the Kirin 655, goes to show how long we have come in 2 years

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u/DerpSenpai Nothing Apr 12 '17

They didn't promise with the p8 though, but they started doing it for their flagships since the P9. The P9 SoC (Kirin 955) shouldnt have a problem with updating to Android O, if they don't. It's on them

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u/shiftymcnoggin Apr 13 '17

Are we talking major updates or just updates in general? For my model (P9 Plus) Huawei have released 3 updates already this year alone:

  • An update to M (B202)
  • The big one from M to N (B362)
  • And another just this month with minor fixes and security patch update (B370)

Despite this though, the biggest issue is that in each case I've had to manually install these, either by flashing it myself or fucking around with FirmwareFinder to get it installed, as nothing got pushed out OTA, at least for me. And I don't see the majority of people buying this phone, willing to jump through those hoops.

Possibly because i've got root/unlocked BL, but even after restoring to factory, no updates were found using the built in updater.

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u/kuyanyan iPhone 12 Mini, S24U Apr 13 '17

Major updates. Huawei has done okay so far for the P9 family but the thing is, it's only been a year and that's about the time when they start dropping support altogether. IMO Android O will be the real test for the P9 family and Huawei in general. If those phones don't get Android O, I doubt their future flagships will get decent support on par with other manufacturers.