Huawei and its sub-brand Honor accept never been abundant back it comes to software rollouts, about backward abaft abounding of the added above Android OEMs. Recent account from Honor suggests worse than aloof another sluggish amend deployment, though: it looks like the Honor 8 may never see its abutting upgrade.
In a cheep from the Honor India Cheep channel (via GSMArena), Honor responded to a user catechism to accompaniment that the Honor 8, which accustomed with Android Marshmallow in mid-2016, wouldn’t get Oreo due to “hardware and software limitations.”
We’ve apparent wonky advice from amusing channels abounding times in the past, so there’s a adventitious this is artlessly a mix-up. Further, it may alone administer to the Indian market, acceptation the amend could still aeon out abroad (though that’s adequately absurd accustomed that India is such a big bazaar for Honor/Huawei).
That actuality said, it wouldn’t be a abruptness if the Honor didn’t get Oreo—despite that it would be aural the appropriate 24-month amend cycle. Huawei isn’t decidedly austere about ensuring all accessories get two above Android updates, and the smartphone was afresh missing from an EMUI 8.0 amend account (which is based on Oreo) that we accustomed from Huawei via email.
- Honor has said that the Honor 8 won’t accept Android Oreo.
- The account arrives from the Honor India cheep channel, area it disqualified out the amend due to “hardware and software limitations.”
- The adumbration could announce the Oreo amend for the Huawei Mate 8 and Honor V8 additionally won’t arrive.
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we can accept your concern. However, we affliction to acquaint you that Honor 8 is not accordant for Android Oreo amend due to accouterments and software limitations. We consistently assignment for our barter and we are absolutely animated to accept you as an Honor customer. Inconvenience is regretted.
— Honor India (@HiHonorIndia) January 15, 2018
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