Nokia 2 Will Get Android 8.1 Oreo Update

HMD Global has pretty much confirmed that all of their Nokia-branded smartphones will be updated to Android Oreo. The company has already rolled out the Oreo update for Nokia 8 and Nokia 5. And now, the company's budget smartphone, the Nokia ii, is also slated to receive the Oreo update at some betoken in time to come.

HMD Global's Chief Product Officeholder Juho Sarvikas says that the budget-friendly Nokia 2 will skip Android 8.0 to receive Android 8.1 straight. And considering the fact that this info is coming straight from Sarvikas' verified Twitter account, it is expected to carry a fleck more weight than usual. Likewise, the tweet does not indicate a specific time frame for when Nokia 2 users in any given region could expect the update. However, it looks like the update will land sooner than later.

Hi! Information technology will receive Android Oreo. 1GB RAM devices volition be supported on 8.1 release where many of the Android Go retentiveness management improvements will exist integrated. Nokia 2 performance will but get better over fourth dimension!

— Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) December 28, 2017

Co-ordinate to Juho, updating Nokia 2 to Android viii.1 will allow the company to have reward of some optimizations of Android Go like updated memory direction, etc. In case yous don't know, Android Go is a lightweight version of Android adult for low-finish smartphones. In fact, rumours suggest Nokia 1 volition be the first Android Go smartphone.

That beingness said, it is worth repeating that there is still no official word on when the update is set to arrive or in which regions information technology will arrive start. But considering the fact that both Nokia 5 and the Nokia 6 are notwithstanding to receive the final Oreo build, we look the Nokia 2 to exist in line after its brothers.

With Nokia 2 beingness a depression-end budget smartphone, are you happy with the fact that the device will receive Oreo update or would you rather prefer a Nokia two smartphone with Android Go OS for better performance? Let us know your opinion by leaving a comment downwards beneath.