In the previous month, Honor CEO George Zhao had confirmed that the company will be releasing Android 8.0 Oreo update for Honor 8 and Honor 8 Pro. However, when an Honor 8 user enquired about Android 8.0 Oreo’s arrival, she was told that the company won’t be releasing the Oreo update for it.
According to Honor India, the Honor 8 will not be receiving Android 8.0 Oreo update because of “hardware and software limitations.” However, Honor is yet to make an official announcement on it. It could be a statement from an ill-informed social media representative. Hence, our readers are advised to wait for an official from Honor.
https://twitter.com/HiHonorIndia/status/952865541970124800
The Android 8.0 Oreo along with EMUI 8.0 has been made available for Huawei Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro in December. In the same month, the Oreo EMUI 8.0 update was also brought to Honor 9 and Honor V9 Pro. The update will be soon coming to other handsets like Honor 8 Pro, Honor 8 Lite and Honor 7X. Zhao had also claimed in the previous month that “some other Honor smartphones” will be treated with Android Oreo without mentioning the names of the phones.
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Launched in July 2016, the Honor 8 features a 5.2-inch FHD display, Kirin 950 chipset, 4 GB of RAM and it was made available in 32 GB and 64 GB storage models. The handset has already received Android 7.0 Nougat + EMUI 5.0 update. It has a dual camera setup that includes a pair of 12-megapixel sensors and it has a selfie camera of 8-megapixel. It includes a 3,000mAh battery.
