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HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones is doing an excellent job in the software department. The Finnish company is now rolling out the latest Android 8.1 Oreo Beta update to its flagship smartphone, the Nokia 8 via the company’s software beta program- Nokia Phones Beta Labs. So if you’re already in the Beta Labs program, just log in with your ID on the website and request for the Android 8.1 Oreo OTA update. Otherwise, you have to register for the Beta Labs program first and request for the OTA update manually.
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I am already a member of the Nokia Phone Beta Labs, so I went ahead and requested for the update immediately. In a matter of 60 seconds, I received an update notification on my Nokia 8. The Android 8.1 Oreo Beta update for the Nokia 8 comes with V4.82A build number and weighs 1553.9MB in size. The entire update process took around 15 minutes (depends on your internet connection).
Firstly, the update downloads from Nokia servers and then it installs in the background itself. All you need is to wait for 15 minutes and reboot the smartphone when the installation process completes in the background.
Talking about the features introduced by HMD Global with the Android 8.1 Oreo Beta update for the Nokia 8, the power menu is now revamped to match the Google Pixel 2 style menu, the Settings app is slightly tweaked too. And the update includes the latest January 2018 security patch fixes. For the unaware, the Nokia 8 boots stock Android, which is reason behind HMD Global delivering software updates this fast.
