Nokia 2 to Receive Android 8.1 Oreo Update Directly With Android Oreo (Go Edition) Memory Management Features

HMD Global’s entry-level Android smartphone, the Nokia 2 is promised to receive Android Oreo update sometime in 2018. However, HMD Global will be releasing Android 8.1 Oreo update to the Nokia 2 directly, instead of Android 8.0 Oreo update. The 8.1 Oreo update for the Nokia 2 will come with Android Oreo (Go Edition) memory management and performance features for improved performance.

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You might be wondering why the company is skipping the Android 8.0 update. Well, there’s a reason behind that. Being HMD’s entry-level smartphone, the Nokia 2 features mediocre hardware, which is in-line with Google’s Android Go OS supported hardware. That said, HMD can’t move the Nokia 2 to Android Go program, the company would be using several tweaks from Android Oreo (Go Edition) to improve the performance.

Replying to a user on Twitter, Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer at HMD Global said that the Nokia 2 cannot be upgraded to Android Go, but HMd would be integrating memory management and other performance improvements with 8.1 based maintenance release. He also confirmed that Nokia 2 would directly receive Android 8.1 Oreo-based update, and not Android 8.0.

“Technically speaking no as a product cannot be upgraded to Go but we will integrate memory management features and other perf improvements with 8.1based maintenance release,” Sarvikas said.

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However, he did not reveal when the update will be rolled out to the Nokia 2. At the launch event of Nokia 2 in India back last month, HMD confirmed that they would roll out Android Oreo update to the Nokia 2 in early 2018. So, maybe HMD is planning for the same.