Nokia 7 Plus With Android 9 Pie is a Different Device Altogether

A few days ago, HMD Global rolled out Android 9 Pie update to the Nokia 7 Plus, making it the first device under its product portfolio to get the latest iteration of Android. It’s not a small feat to roll out a major Android update to one of your smartphones within less than 45 days of time since Google rolled out to the Pixel phones, and HMD has achieved that, thanks to the Developer Preview programme. With Android 9 Pie update, the Nokia 7 Plus is a different device altogether- in terms of performance. I have used the Nokia 7 Plus when it launched back in India in April 2018 with Android 8.1 Oreo, since then, the phone received various stability updates every month. But the Android 9 Pie update is possibly the much-needed update for the Nokia 7 Plus because it made the phone stable and removed all the quirks which existed in the past.

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Nokia 7 Plus With Android 9 Pie: What’s New?

The Nokia 7 Plus is an Android One device, meaning it runs stock Android. Actually, stock Android allowed HMD to rollout the update this faster. That said, all the features which were introduced by Google with Android 9 Pie are present on the Nokia 7 Plus. The update brings along new user notification centre, redesigned Settings app, all-new gesture navigation system, and more importantly, several features inside the new OS works on AI.

Google has added Adaptive Battery and Brightness features to Android 9 Pie which works on Artificial Intelligence, meaning they’ll learn your smartphone usage habits and tweaks the settings accordingly.

Gesture navigation on Nokia 7 Plus doesn’t come enabled by default, but you can enable it by heading it over Settings>System> Gestures> Swipe up on Home Screen (Enable it) as it comes disabled by default. To give a brief about gesture navigation on Android 9 Pie, it removes the recent apps shortcut from the navigation bar, and you’ve to rely entirely on the home button. To get into the recent apps screen, you’ve to swipe up from the home button; Swiping twice from the home button will take you to the app drawer as it’s the only way to access app drawer on your Android 9 Pie running smartphone.