Table of contents:
- Huawei P9, P9 Plus and P9 Lite
- Also the Huawei Nova will have Android 7
- Huawei Mate 8 and Huawei Mate 9
- What news will Android 7 bring to Huawei smartphones?
- What will happen to the Honor phones?
The last great launch of the Chinese manufacturer Huawei was the Huawei Mate 9 model, the first device of the brand to hit the market with Android 7, through the EMUI 5.0 customization layer. Shortly after the official presentation of that device, the company has published the official list of smartphones of its brand that will receive the update to Android 7 with the EMUI 5.0 customization layer: they will be the most recent models of the company.
Huawei P9, P9 Plus and P9 Lite
The line of Huawei P9 smartphones, both in its standard version and in the P9 Plus and P9 Lite models, will receive the update to Android 7, as confirmed by the Huawei company. These phones will begin to update to the new version of the operating system in the first quarter of 2017, although there is no exact date confirmed.
Also the Huawei Nova will have Android 7
In addition to the Huawei P9s, the Nova line of smartphones will also receive the EMUI 5.0 interface update, based on Android 7 Nougat. Specifically, the phones of this line that will receive the update in the first quarter of 2017 will be the Huawei Nova and the Huawei Nova Plus.
Huawei Mate 8 and Huawei Mate 9
As we have already mentioned, the new Huawei Mate 9 is shipped with Android 7 and the EMUI 5.0 layer, and the company has also confirmed that it will update its predecessor, the Huawei Mate 8, throughout the first quarter of 2017.
What news will Android 7 bring to Huawei smartphones?
Android 7 Nougat, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, introduces some quite interesting novelties for smartphones, such as the optimization of the graphics "" to enjoy the games more "", the improvements in Doze (the system to save battery) or the possibility of simultaneously managing the last two open applications, an improvement that users have been demanding for a long time.
As for the specific novelties that we will find in Huawei smartphones, the company ensures that the EMUI 5.0 customization layer introduces several aesthetic improvements to adapt the icons to the general design of Android 7 applications. In addition, the notification bar will have new settings to further customize the content display options.
What will happen to the Honor phones?
The smartphones from Honor, Huawei's second brand, will also start receiving updates very soon. The company recently announced the launch of tests with the Honor 8 device and everything indicates that the flagship phone of this brand will receive the update also in early 2017.
As for the previous models (specifically, the Huawei Honor 7), there is no confirmed information. The update to Android 6 Marshmallow began to be distributed in March of this year, but users cannot know yet if the brand will prepare Android 7 Nougat as well or if it will stop updating this phone model.
