Owners of the Honor 8 smartphone – which debuted to an overwhelming response, raking in 1.5 million unit sales worldwide within a few months of its release – will be pleased to learn that the handset is poised to benefit from the much-awaited Android 7.0 Nougat software update in early 2017.
Come February 2017, the 5.2-inch phablet is set to receive a bump-up from Android Marshmallow and get a taste of Android 7.0 Nougat. With the arrival of the Android Nougat update for the Honor 8 in February, it will become the first handset in the Honor lineup to benefit from the latest OS from Google.
The news comes straight from the horse's mouth i.e. Huawei, which is Honor's parent company. According to a report from publication PhoneArena, Huawei confirmed this information via an email.
The publication also reveals that the impending software update for the Honor 8 will bring in its folds EMUI 5.0, which is the latest custom launcher from Huawei. The Honor 8 was launched with EMUI 4.1 and with the arrival of EMUI 5.0 it will join the ranks of Huawei Mate 9.
For the uninitiated, even though the Honor 8 debuted in July 2016, it went up for preorder in the United States a month later in August. The handset started making its way to consumers in September.
The premium handset with its $399 starting price point (32 GB variant) found favor with consumers instantly with many lauding it as the best phone they had ever owned. That the handset with its top-end features and functionalities was viewed as value for money by customers and even had the tech gurus giving rave reviews.- See more at: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/189962/20161224/honor-8-getting-android-7-0-nougat-update-in-february-emui-5-0-in-tow.htm#sthash.lcVcsnzC.dpuf
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