Huawei announces upgrade plans for Android 7.0 Nougat

Huawei  Android 7.0 Nougat

By tech2 News Staff /  02 Dec 2016 , 17:29

The year is almost ending and you know what that means, Android based smartphone vendors start rushing in to bring new update to their products. Chinese handset and network equipment maker Huawei managed to gain a strong position in the global market this year and now it has officially announced its plans for the new Android 7.0 Nougat update.

The new update for Huawei devices will arrive in the form of version 5.0 of the Chinese company’s EMUI skin. The company has said that the roll-out should begin sometime in Q1, 2017. The first handsets to get the update will be  the Huawei Mate 8 and P9. These will be followed by the P9 Plus, P9 lite, nova, and nova Plus.

Huawei claims that the new EMUI 5.0 will be more efficient, secure, and user friendly. It significantly cuts down on the number of steps needed to achieve the desired function and the user can reach 90 percent of the core functions in just two to three clicks. That does sound interesting but the company will have to be careful as changing a smartphone users habit can be difficult.

The new UI will also let users choose between the standard layout and an app drawer. The company said in a press release, “Additionally, users can jump between their professional and personal lives effortlessly with profiles now being able to run in parallel – no switching of phones necessary.”

Owners of the Huawei P9, P9 Plus, P9 Lite or Mate 8 will also able to participate in the beta testing. There is no news for the Android 7.0 update on the Honor line of smartphones from Huawei.

ZTE BV0800 phone running Android 7.0 Nougat spotted online

The ZTE company logo: Reuters

By tech2 News Staff /  11 Nov 2016 , 10:14

Chinese smartphone maker ZTE seems to be working on an Android 7.0 Nougat powered smartphone. In a GFXBench listing spotted online, a ZTE handset with the codename BV0800 has been spotted with Android 7.0 Nougat as the operating system.

The ZTE BV0800 handset is expected to come with a 5.2-inch FullHD display and will run on a Qualcomm chipset which has an octa-core Cortex A53 processor running at 1.4GHz, most likely the Snapdragon 430, paired with Adreno 505 GPU.

The phone is expected to have 3GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage. On the camera front, you would most likely get a 12MP front-facing as well as rear camera. Both the front and rear cameras are capable of shooting in full HD resolution according to the listing. The phone would not have NFC.

There are on details as to when the device is expected to hit the markets. But expect a China launch soon. Going by the specs leaked, it would be safe to assume that this will be a budget Android 7.0 Nougat device.

ZTE has been launching its phones in India as well. Recently we had reviewed the ZTE Nubia Z11 mini.