Android 9.0 Pie for the Nokia 8 was due in November, but it was delayed due to «few issues».
Nokia 8 has finally received Android 9.0 Pie, albiet via Nokia Beta Labs. The latest development comes several months after the Nokia 8 received Android 8.1 Oreo. Nokia brand licensee HMD Global was originally set to release the Android Pie update for its 2017 flagship in November. However, the update was delayed due to «few issues». Aside from the new beta update for the Nokia 8, the Finnish giant has started rolling out Android Pie for the Nokia 7. The smartphone was exclusively launched in China back in October last year.
HMD Global Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas in a tweet on Tuesday announced that the Android 9.0 Pie update for the Nokia 8 is now available through Nokia Beta Labs. «Since you had to wait a bit longer than expected for Android 9 on your Nokia 8, we decided to make an immediate Beta Labs release. Please join us in finalising the commercial release – your feedback is extremely valuable,» Sarvikas tweeted, without revealing any concrete schedule around the public release of Android Pie for the Nokia 8.
