Late last month, Meizu announced the recruitment for Android 10 Closed Beta testers for 10 smartphones. The first build was said to roll out starting July 21. As today is the day, the company has seeded out the update to four devices initially. The remaining six will be getting the update by the end of this month.

Meizu smartphones run Flyme, an Android skin similar to the likes of MIUI, ColorOS, and others. The company announced its latest iteration called Flyme 8.1 alongside Meizu 17/17 Pro. The stable update was rolled out to all the eligible handsets by the end of May itself.

However, unlike the Meizu 17 series, which launched with Flyme 8.1 based on Android 10, the update seeded out to older devices was Android Pie-based. Hence, last month, the company started recruiting closed beta testers for Android 10.

Currently, Flyme 8.1 Android 10 Closed Beta build is available for the following four handsets.

• Meizu 16th
• Meizu 16th Plus
• Meizu 16s
• Meizu 16s Pro

The remaining six phones listed-below will be receiving the update by the end of July.

• Meizu 16T
• Meizu 16X
• Meizu 16Xs
• Meizu Note 8
• Meizu Note 9
• Meizu X8

It is not sure when Android 10 will be available for the above-mentioned Meizu smartphones running Flyme Global build.

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Meizu is soon expected to launch a new smartphone under its 16-lineup — Meizu 16s, along with advanced Meizu 16s Plus and the Meizu 16T gaming smartphone. Now, ahead of the launch of these new devices, the Meizu 16th and 16th Plus have received a price cut.

With this price cut, the Meizu 16th will be available for 2,298 Yuan (approximately $342) for the 6GB RAM and 64GB storage model while the 16th Plus will be available for 2,698 Yuan (approximately $401) for the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage model.

Both the smartphones were launched in August last year, featuring an 18:9 aspect ratio display. The phones are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 octa-core processor and come with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.

In the camera department, the phone features a 12 MP dual cameras on the rear and a 20MP shooter on the front side for selfies and video calling. The smartphones run Android Oreo operating system out-of-the-box with the company’s own Flyme OS on top.

As said, the price cut comes just ahead of the launch of Meizu 16s smartphone. It is expected to come equipped with a 6.2-inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD+ screen resolution support and an in-display fingerprint sensor.

Recently leaked renders reveal that the Meizu 16s will be arriving with a vertical dual camera setup and the phone’s benchmarking listing has now confirmed that it will be featuring a 48-megapixel primary sensor. It will be the Sony IMX586 48-megapixel sensor that will carry support for OIS.

The upcoming smartphone has already bagged 3C certification in China which reveals that the device will carry support for 24W rapid charging. Rumors indicate that the phone will be powered by a 3,600mAh battery.

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The Meizu 16s, which is expected to make its debut soon, will be costing 500 Yuan (approximately $76) more than the Meizu 16th. Hence, it is likely to debut with a price tag of around 3,198 Yuan, roughly $476.

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Meizu‘s Flyme Experience is a lite version of an upcoming version of Flyme. It is a way for users to experience some new features of the upcoming version rather than opting into a full beta program. If you are on a stable version of Flyme, you can simply download it without going through all the stress associated with beta versions. Another advantage it brings is that users can easily downgrade to their previous Flyme version if they don’t like it or run into issues.

Today, Meizu announced Flyme 7 Experience is now available for the Meizu 16th series. So if you own a Meizu 16th or Meizu 16th Plus, you can register to get the update and it will be pushed to your device. Those who manually download it to their device will have to create a backup of their data and wipe the phone before they can install it.

To be able to use Flyme 7 Experience on the Meizu 16th and Meizu 16th Plus, owners have to first update their devices to the latest stable version of Flyme. For the Meizu 16th, this latest version is Flyme 7.1.1.3A while Meizu 16th Plus owners have to be on version 7.1.3.3A.

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Some of the features Flyme 7 Experience brings to both phones are an improved gesture navigation, a new icon for Meizu Pay, sets screen record resolution default to 720p, new features for face unlock and fingerprint unlock e.t.c.

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