When you’ve already been capable of dip into Android’s Oreo, there is a good likelihood you are utilizing one among Google’s flagship Pixel telephones.
It has been rather a lot rougher, although, for anybody else who makes use of a tool from the massive library of Android-powered telephones, however you are in luck if you happen to’re an proprietor of the unlocked model of the HTC U11. As of at present, you are free to obtain the extremely anticipated OS within the US.
Mo Versi, the corporate’s VP of product administration, not too long ago introduced the information in a tweet. He did not give particular particulars as to when U11 customers with carrier-locked telephones would be capable of obtain Oreo, however he added that HTC is working with Dash to “get it out as shortly as attainable.”
For that matter, Versi added that help for Oreo would even be coming to the HTC 10 and the HTC U Extremely “quickly.”
The products beneath the hood
Oreo technically is not an enormous replace, nevertheless it does embody some cool upgrades that would have a major affect on the core Android expertise.
There is a picture-in-picture mode for movies, for example, a brand new notification system that shows dots on app icons and the extremely anticipated Undertaking Treble, which makes it simpler to obtain new variations of Android.
It is price noting, although, that having Oreo alone is not sufficient to ensure help for Undertaking Treble, as OnePlus customers found final week. Contemplating that Treble help is barely required for gadgets that help Oreo out of the field, it appears probably that the HTC U11 could not help it as nicely. We have reached out to HTC for a remark and can replace this text if we obtain one.
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