A Xiaomi official has revealed the company’s plans as regards rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat upgrades to its smartphones. If indeed the company starts upgrading to Android 7.0, it won’t be coming late to the party as the latest Google OS are mostly available on recently launched flagships. Companies like Huawei and Lenovo had already started rolling out Android N to some of their smartphones anyway.

The Lenovo ZUK series seems to be the fastest in terms of pace to get the Android N upgrade. Huawei also launched the Android N on its latest Mate 9 and a good number of its models are already testing the Beta version. The Xiaomi Mi 5 was reported to have gotten an Android 7.0 Beta ROM based on MIUI 8.

Read More: Xiaomi Mi 5 Android 7 Developer ROM Enters Open Beta

According to Xiaomi’s MIUI Operations manager, the Xiaomi 4C, Xiaomi 4S and Xiaomi Note will see the upgrade soon. The oficial didn’t reveal the fate of the Redmi series phones concerning the upgrades but we hope the upgrade will hit other Xiaomi phones like the Mi 5S, Mi Note 2, Mi Mix and others soon as well.

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OnePlus’ latest smartphone was announced a couple of days ago and one disappointing feature is the Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS the device was still stuck on. The OnePlus 3T was thought to come running Google’s latest Android version but that did not end up happening. Not for long though, as OnePlus has indicated that it is planning to roll out Android 7.0 Nougat on the  OnePlus 3T in December. The latest flagship will get the upgrade alongside the OnePlus 3 which had long been teased as getting Android N soon.

The OnePlus 3 will start receiving the beta version of Android N later this month but OnePlus has confirmed that the 3T won’t get that. However, that will not stop Android N update from rolling out on the 3T when the company starts pushing the update next month. The company also disclosed that bot the OnePlus 3 and 3T would get updates at the same time in the future.

Read More: OnePlus 3 Discontinued in The US and UK

The OnePlus 3T features just a slight upgrade in its hardware from that of the OnePlus 3, if not, both models are relatively the same phones, including the size (152.7 x 74.7 x 7.35) and the weight (158g). The new flagship comes with a faster Snapdragon 821 chipset, larger 3,400mAh battery as well as a more capable 16MP front-facing camera ideal for selfies.

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The jostle continues to get hotter by the day as to who gets upgraded to Google’s latest Android N operating system. Developers also are not going to sleep working to get the latest OS in town on their favorite brands. The latest is the Xiaomi Redmi 2 which was announced in January last year.

A user on the MIUI forum has developed an update that ushers in Android Nougat based on CyanogenMod 14 ROM on the Redmi 2 but the upgrade is only available on the China Unicom version of the smartphone. The upgrade is still in the beta stage so as expected, there are a number of bugs here and there. Although he didn’t give details on the features available and those not available, but he did share some screenshots.

Of course this shouldn’t be installed on your regular phone but if you’ve got a Redmi 2 that is lying idle, then you could as well hop in and download on MIUI forum.

 

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Good news folks! If you had been concerned about MIUI sticking with the old Lollipop and KitKat versions of Android OS, you will be happy to hear that the upcoming versions of the MIUI OS will be based on the latest version of Android, namely Android N.

The company confirmed that they have received the source code of Android N OS and will be soon working on the new MIUI adaptation based on Android N. This is definitely great news for fans as MIUI has often focused on improving the new features in their ROM, instead of upgrading it to the new Android version. As a result, phones like the Redmi Note which got the MIUI 7 update were still stuck on the two-year-old Android 4.4 KitKat version. But this news means that Xiaomi is finally speeding up the process of development of Android N based MIUI ROM. Of course, we have to remember that even after getting the source code, releasing a stable version of ROM can take a lot of time.

This news comes at a time when MIUI 9 will soon start development. Yesterday, the company confirmed the start of the MIUI 9 development, and it’s currently in the process of taking suggestions from users to improve the new version. So, it is possible that when the first beta for MIUI 9 is released after a few months, it’s based on Android N.

Meanwhile, we are waiting for the MIUI 8 Stable ROM to roll out to Xiaomi devices. The company has confirmed that the official release of the stable ROM should be before August 16.

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