Android Nougat OTA starts rolling out for some Moto G4 and G4 Plus devices in India

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Motorola had announced a list of all the devices that will get the Android 7.0 Nougat update by the end of this year. Now, some Moto G4 and G4 Plus owners have started receiving Nougat update in India.

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Android Nougat adoption crawls at just 0.4% after 3 months

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Google is out with the numbers for Android distribution for the month of December, last time in 2016. The latest figures suggest that adoption of Google’s latest OS, Android 7.0 Nougat is moving at a glacial pace. Nougat is currently present only on 0.4% of all the Android devices, up from 0.3% in last month.
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Android Nougat starts rolling out for unlocked HTC 10

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HTC has announced that it has started rolling out Android Nougat update for unlocked HTC 10 smartphone. Mo Versi, HTC’s VP of Product Management said that unlocked versions of the HTC 10 will begin receiving Android 7.0 Nougat on November 25. Continue reading “Android Nougat starts rolling out for unlocked HTC 10”

Android Nougat update, DayDream support now rolling out for Moto Z Droid and Z Droid Force on Verizon

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Some Moto Z Droid and Z Droid Force owners have started receiving OTA update for Android 7.0 Nougat. Both the phones were shipped with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow back in July.
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Android Nougat debuts at 0.3%, Marshmallow adoption soars to 24%

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Google is out with the numbers for Android distribution for the month of November and this time Nougat has made its debut. The latest Android OS that started rolling out to Nexus devices along with variety of Android phones is now present on just 0.3 percent of devices. Continue reading “Android Nougat debuts at 0.3%, Marshmallow adoption soars to 24%”

Android Nougat 7.1, 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 said to be the three quarterly maintenance releases

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Google started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for all Nexus devices. Now some information about maintenance releases has surfaced.

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HTC announces Android 7.0 Nougat update timeline for HTC 10, One M9 and One A9

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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”

Android 7.0 Nougat has enforced verified boot, device with corrupt image will not boot

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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 confirms Android 7.0 ‘N’ as Android Nougat

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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”