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In an interesting turn of events, HMD Global, the Finnish upstart has released the Android 9 Pie update roadmap for Nokia smartphones. Going by the available information, the Nokia 5 and Nokia 3.1 Plus are the next two smartphones which will be receiving Android Pie update this month. This essentially means that HMD Global will be pushing the update to both the Nokia 5 and Nokia 3.1 Plus this week itself. HMD Global has eight more smartphones which are yet to receive the latest iteration of Android and they’re Nokia 5, Nokia 3.1 Plus, Nokia 6, Nokia 5.1, Nokia 3.1, Nokia 2.1, Nokia 3 and Nokia 1. The Nokia 3 and Nokia 1 will receive the Android Pie update in early Q2 2019, while all the other devices will get the update in this quarter itself.

Nokia 6 to Get Android 9 Pie Update in Q1 2019
HMD Global has released the update roadmap today in which it confirmed its first Nokia smartphone, the Nokia 6 (2017) will get the update by the end of March 2019. Maybe, the Finnish company could release the Android Pie update to the original Nokia 6 with Snapdragon 430 SoC next month. As noted, the Nokia 5 and Nokia 3.1 Plus will get the update this month, while the Nokia 6, Nokia 5.1, Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 2.1 will get the update in this quarter. The Nokia 2.1 is an Android Go smartphone, so it will receive Android 9 Pie (Go Edition) update with all the light applications from Google.
The Nokia 1 is HMD’s first Android Go smartphone which is also said to be the best-selling phone under Rs 5,000 in India. In the roadmap, HMD Global confirmed that the Nokia 1 would receive Android 9 Pie (Go Edition) update in early Q2 2019, meaning sometime in April or May 2019. The Nokia 3 is also said to get the update at the start of next quarter.