Huawei EMUI 8.0 Android 8.0 Oreo update – Eligible Devices, Release Date, Features

Huawei announced Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro, its latest smartphones at an event in Germany yesterday. Both the smartphones runs on Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box with company’s own EMUI 8.0 on top. With the announcement of EMUI 8.0, most of you might be wondering whether their Huawei device will be upgraded to this latest version or not. Well, Dr. Chenglu Wang, President of Software Engineering, Huawei confirms that the P10 and Mate 9 series models will get the EMUI 8.0-based Android Oreo update. EMUI 8.0 on top of Android Oreo brings faster app launching and better power to the device.

Huawei/Honor EMUI 8.0 Update Devices List:

The following are confirmed devices list to get EMUI 8.0 update –

• Huawei P10
• Huawei P10 Plus
• Huawei Mate 9
• Huawei Mate 9 Pro
• Huawei P10 Lite
• Huawei Mate 10 Lite
• Honor 8 / Lite
• Honor V8
• Honor Note 8
• Honor 6X
• Honor Play 6X
• Huawei P9
• Huawei P9 Plus
• Honor 9
• Honor 9i
• Honor 8 Lite
• Honor V10/ Honor View 10
• Honor V9
• Honor 8 Pro
• Huawei Nova / Nova 2 / Nova 2 Plus
• Huawei Maimang 6
• Honor 7X
• Huawei Mate 8

The following are the list of Huawei/Honor devices expected to EMUI 8.0-based Android Oreo upgrade –

• Huawei P8 Lite
• Huawei P9 Lite
• Huawei Y7 Prime
• Honor Note 9

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EMUI 8.0 Oreo Features:

EMUI 8.0 Oreo update brings tons of new features including Picture-in-Picture (PIP), Snoozing individual notification, Adaptive icons, and more. Most of the changes made are inside and the Emotion UI will sport the same design with no major changes. It also brings features of Google’s eight iteration of Android including spilt-screen capabilities, smart text selection, improved notifications, auto fill framework, and Google Play Protect.

The latest update also brings Google’s Project Treble for all the supportive devices. Under this project, most of the Huawei/Honor smartphones will get latest updates more quickly. Also Huawei promised to roll out security patches every three months to lower-end devices and every month for higher-end models.

EMUI 8.0 Update Release Date:

Huawei will start pushing the EMUI 8.0 update for Mate 9 sometime later this year while the P10 gets it in early 2018. It will be a regular OTA update. Users can also perform manual check from the path Settings > About Device > Software, once the company starts rolling out OTA update.

How to Install EMUI 8.0 on Huawei and Honor phones:

There are two methods through which you can install EMUI 8.0 firmware on your Huawei phones. One is Normal Upgrade and Force Upgrade. Normal Upgrade needs to start the handset and enter the System Update module while Force Upgrade is useful when your device doesn’t boots-up. Refer the below button for both the methods.

   Guide to Install EMUI 8.0 on any Huawei Phone

Stay tuned with us on Facebook and Twitter as we’ll let you know update details for mid-range devices once company makes anything official.

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