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Android Oreo (codenamed Android O during development) is the eighth major release and the 15th version of the Android mobile operating system.. It was initially unveiled as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2017 and later made available to the public, on August 21, 2017.
Android 8.0 Oreo (API 26) Version Release date Features 8.0 [250] August 21, 2017 Project Treble, the biggest change to the foundations of Android to date: a modular architecture that makes it easier and faster for hardware makers to deliver Android updates. Picture-in-picture support.
Samsung Experience (stylized as SΛMSUNG Experience) was the name of the software overlay by Samsung for its Galaxy devices running Android 7.x “Nougat” and Android 8.x “Oreo”. It was introduced in late 2016 on a beta build based on Android 7.0 “Nougat” for the Galaxy S7 , succeeding TouchWiz . [ 1 ]
[96] [97] The Galaxy S8 was one of the first Android phones to support ARCore, Google's augmented reality engine. [98] [99] In February 2018, the official Android 8.0 "Oreo" update began rolling out to all versions of the Samsung Galaxy S8. [100] In February 2019, the official Android 9 "Pie" update was released for the Galaxy S8 family. [4]
In March 2019 there were articles [16] claiming that the G6 series would receive an official Android 10 update. Later articles, however, claimed to quote a new Motorola policy wherein G-series phones would only receive one major Android version upgrade, i.e., the G6 would receive the upgrade from 8.0 (Oreo) to 9.0 (Pie) but not any other upgrade.
The Oreo update also brought enhanced stability to the Samsung DEX (UI/UE) docking system as well as introduced improvements to the DEX interface, where the Apps screen displays in full screen instead of in a pop-up window. [19] An update to Android 9 Pie was released on 26 February 2019. [20]
The official Android 8.0 Oreo update began rolling out to the Nokia 5 on January 30, 2018. [6] Nokia announced on Twitter that the Nokia 5, along with the Nokia 6 and Nokia 3 would receive the Android Pie update. [7] The update began rolling out to the Nokia 5 on January 24, 2019. [8]
In August 2018, the 2018 version of the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (SM-T387) was announced, with Android 8.1 Oreo (upgradeable to Android 9 Pie and Android 10) and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chipset, and made available on 7 September 2018. [6] The Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chipset carries over from the 2017 model. [1]