You can now update the huawei p20 lite to android 9 pie

We already warned at the time that the US blockade of Huawei would not affect the terminals that are already for sale and it has been. For example, a terminal like the Huawei P20 Lite, version 2018, which appeared in stores back in March last year, has just been updated to the already penultimate version of Android, the so-called Pie number 9. Until it becomes official and comes out of the beta limbo that Android Q is in, Android 9 Pie is the most current version of Google's operating system, so it is appreciated that a terminal with more than a year on the market, and belonging to the mid-range, is It rubs shoulders with high-end software.

Update to Android 9 Pie on the Huawei P20 Lite 2018 and others

This has been confirmed by Huawei's own official account in Spain, which also informs about the update to Android 9 Pie of other brand terminals such as the Huawei Mate 20 Lite, Huawei PSmart + and Huawei PSmart. These three terminals can now update to Android 9 Pie under Huawei's own customization layer called EMUI 9.1. If you have not yet received the update on your mobile through a notification, try to verify manually, in the mobile settings, if you have it available.

We advise that, in the case of having it enabled, you download it under a WiFi connection, have enough battery during the process (even for greater security you can update your mobile connected to the network so as not to lose power) and have a backup of all data of your mobile: when updating to a later version of the operating system it is advisable to perform a complete system format and leave the phone as fresh from the factory.

What's new in EMUI 9.1 under Android 9 Pie?

Users will find in the update to EMUI 9.1 one of the steepest quality jumps that they have ever seen in their Huawei terminals. For example, they have modified the architecture of the base version of Android to achieve better performance. So far, the Android files used have the extension EXT4 and F2FS. As of EMUI 9.1, they will be replaced by Huawei's own file called EROFS, increasing their reading speed by 20%, allowing applications to be opened faster and saving up to 2GB of storage, in relation to the current system.

In addition, Huawei has also decided to modify the application compilation system in EMUI 9.1. We went from ART, a system by which applications collect the necessary information for their execution from the moment they are installed to ARK, an open source compiler system thanks to which the fluidity of applications will be optimized up to 24% in relation to ART.

As for the interface, Huawei bets on EMUI 9.1 for a minimalist and more intuitive design so that users can learn to use it more quickly. As new applications we will have the so-called Huawei Share 'One Touch', through which we can share large files, such as a 1 GB video, in just thirty seconds.