Google has recently announced Android 7.0 and Android 7.1 updates for all the smartphones that run on this OS. There is news on few smartphones updating their OS, while few others smartphone giants remain silent.
Although, tech giants did not reveal anything in official, there are speculations on Android Nougat updates for Samsung, Motorola, Xiaomi, Google Nexus, OnePlus, Sony, HTC, LG, Huawei smartphones. Android Nougat 7.0 for Samsung smarties will include Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge phones while the company is also dealing with Galaxy Note 7 failure. As reported, Galaxy Note 7 production is halted, then getting the latest Android Nougat update is doubtful.
Motorola has announced that 14 of its smartphones will get Android Nougat update. It has already updated Moto Z and Moto G (Gen 4) and Moto G Plus (Gen 4) phones. The others include Moto G Play (Gen 4), Moto X Pure Edition (Gen 3), Moto X Style, Moto X Play, Moto X Force, Droid Turbo 2, Droid Maxx 2, Moto Z Play, Moto Z Force Droid, Moto Z Play Droid, and Moto Z Droid.
However, Moto E3 Power and last year's Moto G (Gen 3) won't be getting the update. There is no news on the date of release.
Android 7.0 Nougat for Xiaomi smartphones is still a secret, until a screenshot of Xiaomi's MIUI 9 software based on Android 7.0 Nougat was leaked on Chinese social network Weibo earlier this month. Rumors claim that top models Mi 5 and Mi Max are likely to get the update first as per NDTV.
Google is updating Android 7.1 Nougat OTA update for Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X in December. Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player will reportedly get the Android 7.1 Nougat update. However, Nexus devices will not get Google Assistant and Pixel Launcher.
OnePlus phones to run on Android Nougat 7.0 soon on OnePlus 3 and OnePlus X. Although, there is no news on the two-year-old smartphone OnePlus One to get a Nougat update.
Sony announced that 11 of its smartphones will get Android Nougat update including Xperia XZ and Xperia X Compact. These will be followed by Xperia Z3 ,Xperia Z4 Tablet, Xperia Z5, Xperia Z5 Compact, Xperia Z5 Premium, Xperia X, Xperia XA, Xperia XA Ultra, Xperia X Performance.
Android 7.0 Nougat for HTC 10 is expected to get it the fourth quarter of this year, followed by One A9 and One M9. Rumors also claim that HTC Bolt will come with Android 7.0 OS.
The first smartphone to run Android 7.0 Nougat is LG V20. LG has not announced anything on Nougat update for other devices, and its working on UI to support the same.
Huawei is expected to unveil its first phablet Mate 9 with Android 7.0 Nougat. There is no news on the update of other devices.
