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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.
The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. The operating system has been developed by Google on a yearly schedule since at least 2011. [1]
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 received an Android 8.0 "Oreo" update on March 30, 2018, with Samsung's custom skin overlaid. [16] [17] The software update brought enhancements and changes in the user interface with the menu options in the home screen and settings streamlined.
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 ]
Google released Android 8.0 Oreo for the Nexus 6P, among other devices, in August 2017. [29] Android 8.1 Oreo was released for the Nexus 6P, as well as some other devices, on 5 December 2017. [30] There will be no future updates for the Nexus 6P. [31]
[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 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]
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.