Google starts rolling out Android 8.1 Oreo to Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

Tech giant Google has just launched their latest version of Android Operating System, as an extra tweak to the Android Oreo which was announced lately – Android 8.1 Oreo. The Operating System has been in the Beta version aka Developer Preview) from months, and now reportedly begins to rollout soon to the eligible smartphones. Now, it is official that the Android 8.1 has just escaped from the Beta version, and the manufacturers are expected to work on the newer version if they do care. Now, the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, the latest flagship smartphones right from the Google itself have been started receiving the Android 8.1 Oreo stable version, apart from the two earlier Developer Previews which the Android enthusiasts and developers might have tested and fed back.

Google starts rolling out Android 8.1 Oreo to Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL 2
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It is to be noted that the stale update is currently rolling out ONLY for those who have their Pixel secn=ond generation smartphones running on the Developer Previews, i.e, those who have already manually installed and tested the Android 8.1 Oreo Developer Preview 1 or Developer Preview 2 on their devices will only get this early privilege to have the stable version. From the update notification information shown in the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, the update which weighs almostĀ 40MB will deliver the production version of Android 8.1.0 (OPM1.171019.011) on the device.

Have you been testing the Developer Preview versions of Android 8.1 on your Pixel 2? Then this is the time. What do you think? Share your thoughts and your concerns about the new update via the comment box below.

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