Back in October, Google confirmed that the final build of Android 7.1 Nougat will start rolling out to Pixel, Nexus, and Android One devices in early December. There was no specific date mentioned then, and Google is yet to announce the exact date. However, a mobile carrier has listed the firmware rollout information on its website.
Apparently, Vodafone Australia has spilled the beans with details of a December 6 release date for the Nexus 6P. It mentions that the OTA update is about 650MB in size and will roll out incrementally to the users in the country. The details even include the schedule of the entire rollout, with 10,000 Nexus 6P users selected at random receiving the update in the first 3 days. The update will be rolled out to 10 percent of the remaining users daily over the next 10 days, with all eligible devices slated to receive the update within 14 days i.e. by December 19.
Notably, Google recently released the Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview 2 for the Nexus devices. "With Developer Preview 2, you can make sure your
apps are ready for Android 7.1.1 and the consumers that will soon be running it
on their devices," the company said in a note to developers. Such updates
usually come in waves that take about two weeks to reach everyone. So if you
have a Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, 9, or Pixel, Pixel XL you may need to exhibit patience or flash the software manually when it arrives.
Android 7.1 has a lot of cool, New features that
will make your Nexus more delightful to use. Google has made good on the
promise to bring some of the latest Pixel features (sans the Google Assistant
and custom launcher) to the last generation of devices, which may keep some of
the hardcore Nexus fans happy for now. But the future is clearly the Pixel, so
if you crave the absolute latest from Google then at some point you may wish to
upgrade.
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