Android 7.0 Nougat beta testing will begin on Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to from November 9. Last year Samsung had offered a similar beta program for Marshamallow on Galaxy S6 and S6 edge.
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The Android 7.0 Nougat Beta has started rolling out for select Sony Xperia X Performance owners. Users will be updated to Android 7.0 Nougat with firmware build number 39.2.A.0.248, Continue reading “Android 7.0 Nougat Beta now rolling for select Xperia X Performance devices”
Google has started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Android One devices. The move comes from Google more than two weeks after it started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Nexus devices.
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During the Google I/O in May, HTC was first manufacturer to confirm the list of devices for the Android N update. The company had then tweeted saying that it will roll out Android N update for HTC 10, One A9 and One M9 smartphones first. Continue reading “HTC announces Android 7.0 Nougat update timeline for HTC 10, One M9 and One A9”
Google last night started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat OTA update for select Nexus devices and it will gradually roll out to Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C and General Mobile 4G (Android One) users over the coming weeks. Continue reading “How to get Android 7.0 Nougat OTA update instantly for your Google Nexus device”
Google already confirmed that it will roll out Android 7.0 Nougat sometime in Q3 2016. Now Canadian mobile provider Telus has updated their software schedule that says that both the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones will get the Android Nougat update on August 22nd. Continue reading “Android 7.0 Nougat update could hit Nexus devices on August 22”
Google released final Android 7.0 Nougat Developer Preview 5 earlier this week. Today Google has announced that it will be strictly enforcing verified boot in Android 7.0 so if the device has a corrupt boot image, it will not boot or will boot in a limited capacity with user consent. This improves security by using cryptographic integrity checking to detect changes to the operating system. Continue reading “Android 7.0 Nougat has enforced verified boot, device with corrupt image will not boot”
Google announced Android ‘N’ back in March this year, ahead of Google I/O and also released a developer preview. It even launched a new micro site and asked for suggestions from users before finalizing a name for Android N. Now it has finally confirmed the name of Android ‘N’ as Nougat. Version has also been confirmed as 7.0. Continue reading “Google confirms Android 7.0 ‘N’ as Android Nougat”
