Essential Products has announced that the Essential Phone is getting the Android 9 Pie update along with the latest February Security Patch.
Highlights:
Just like it does every month, Google has started rolling out the Android security patch for the month of February. Since the support for the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P was dropped last month, only the Pixel smartphones will be getting the latest security update. According to Pixel Update Bulletin February 2019, there are no Pixel security patches this month for any of the Pixel 3, Pixel 2, the first Pixel and Pixel C devices.
The update is 111.6MB in size and, according to the changelog, the update fixes critical bugs and improves the performance and stability of the Pixel devices. There were 15 issues that were resolved in the February Android security patch, and there were no reports of customers being affected.
