Vivo iQOO was the first phone in the series of flagship killers, which was soon spun-off into an independent brand. It came with FunTouchOS 9 based on Android Pie out of the box like the other four devices that launched after it. In April. the company announced that all the old handsets will be receiving iQOO UI Android 10 update in mid-June. As promised, the brand is currently rolling out the update to the original iQOO.

Vivo has been never known for affordable powerful smartphones. Instead, the company focused on designs and bleeding-edge technologies like in-screen fingerprint sensor, pop-up camera, waterfall display, and more.

But to everyone’s surprise, the company launched Vivo iQOO in March of 2019 with high-end internals for a mid-range price tag. It was a huge success and so Vivo launched a few more models and declared iQOO a separate brand.

The iQOO 3 5G launched earlier this year is the first phone from the brand to come with iQOO UI based on Android 10. Right before the launch of iQOO Neo 3 5G in China, the company revealed that it will roll out the latest software to all of its old devices in mid-June.

Surprisingly, we are just in the first week of June and the update has been already released for Vivo iQOO. We expect the remaining eligible devices to also receive the update in the coming days.

Though iQOO is late to update its first-ever smartphone to Android 10, it is understandable since it is a new brand and developing an Android skin from scratch does take time. Hopefully, the company updates its smartphones faster with the release of Android 11 later this year.

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iQOO debuted as a new series of smartphones under Vivo in the year 2019. Within a few months, this series was spun-off into an independent brand of its own. Therefore, initial iQOO-branded smartphones came with Vivo’s FunTouch OS Android skin. Later, the brand shifted to Monster UI followed by iQOO UI earlier this year. Now, according to the brand’s official Weibo account, its older devices will be receiving an update to the new software in mid-June.

iQOO UI is currently only available on iQOO 3 5G, the company’s latest smartphone. The teaser dropped by the company thanks the community and reveals they have been working hard to develop iQOO UI based on Android 10 for its older smartphones. 

The first batch of older Android 9 devices that will be receiving the iQOO UI update in mid-June are the ones listed below.

• iQOO
• iQOO Neo
• iQOO Pro
• iQOO Neo 855
• iQOO Neo 855 Racing

As you can see from the list above, the only handset that is missing is iQOO Pro 5G, the company’s first 5G smartphone, which we think will get the update sometime later.

In other news, the brand is all set to launch its next smartphone called iQOO Neo 3 5G on April 23, which happens to be tomorrow. Although none of the teasers for the device pointed out anything regarding iQOO UI, we expect it to run this software just like the last phone.

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