WHICH DEVICES CURRENTLY RUNNING ON ANDROID NOUGAT 7.0





Google Nexus is a line of consumer electronic devices that run the Android operating system. Google manages the design, development, marketing, and support of these devices, but some development and all manufacturing are carried out by partnering original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The product family consists mostly of mobile devices

Google Nexus 5X
Google Nexus 6P
Google Pixel
Google Pixel XL
Google Nexus 6
Google Nexus 9
Google Nexus Player





Google and its partners push updates to Android devices, with optimised stock Android experiences being replaced by new ones. With OEMs using the Android One platform, Google will also be able to ensure a minimum set of standards for smartphones.

The Android One initiative works with smartphone makers and others in the "ecosystem" to pool resources and standardize hardware platforms to provide "turnkey solutions" for making handsets, elaborated Pichai.

General Mobile 4G (Android One).





The first Galaxy beta Nougat firmware arrived for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge on November 9 for U.S., UK and South Korean participants, and now it’s up to its fourth iteration. When the final release will arrive we can’t yet say but Samsung has said the program will run until mid-December.

Galaxy S7
Galaxy S7 Edge




Moto owners had to wait almost another whole month to see the first official Nougat update, with the Verizon Moto Z and Moto Z Force getting the update on November 18. Motorola ultimately took 88 days to get Nougat out for its first devices.

Moto Z (in Canada). Verizon Moto Z


Moto Z Force
Moto G4
Moto G4 Plus




This year, certain Sony Xperia owners were treated to an Android N preview build just as they were last year with Android M. Sony’s Nougat Concept rolled out on November 1 for the Xperia X Performance A week later on November 29, Sony began rolling out the official Android 7.0 Nougat update to its Xperia X Performance. The following day, Nougat started hitting the Xperia XZ. The Xperia X and X Compact then followed suit on December 16.



Sony Xperia X
Sony Xperia X Compact






HTC’s next flagship, presumably the HTC 11, should arrive with Android 7.0 at launch (if not Android 7.1). HTC has already confirmed several devices (10, M9, A9) to be on the update train and T-Mobile has the HTC 10 and HTC One M9 on its own update list.

HTC 10 


The LG G5 the first major U.S. flagship to receive the official Android Nougat update as well. In Canada, the LG G5 got Nougat on December 20. LG was pretty good with its update speed for Marshmallow too, with less than two months separating the release of Android 6.0 and the first LG handset to receive it

LG G5


The Huawei Mate 9 arrived recently running Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. Huawei pulled the same “latest version” rabbit out of its hat with the Mate 8 in November 2015

Huawei Mate 9

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