Nokia 7 Plus Android 9.0 Pie Update Rolling Out After Brief Snag

Nokia 7 Plus is now finally receiving the much-awaitedAndroid 9.0 Pie software update. Within a couple of days of HMD Global having announced that Android P for theNokia 7 Plus would be delayed, the company has gone ahead and announced that the rollout has begun for the mid-range handset. The Android Pie update on Nokia 7 Plus brings with it certain new features including a new Do Not Disturb mode, Adaptive Battery functionality, Adaptive Brightness, gesture-based navigation, a redesigned dashboard, and other features. File size of the version 3.22C update is around 1,471MB or 1.47GB.

The development was confirmed by Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer, HMD Global, in a tweet on Friday. “Everybody wants a piece of the Pie! We are starting roll out of Android 9 on #Nokia7Plus. Which of its delicious new features is your favorite? #Nokiamobile,” he said. With this, Nokia 7 Plus becomes one of the first few handsets to get the Android 9.0 Pie stable update after the Pixel range,Essential Phone, and OnePlus 6 received it in the last few weeks.

Users will be able to view the update in the form of a notification or can go into Settings to check for updates. Users in India are already seeing the update on their units, according to a user’s tweet.

Nokia 7 Plus specifications

The dual-SIM (Nano) Nokia 7 Plus now runs Android 9.0 Pie as part of the Android One programme, and sports a 6-inch full-HD+ (1080x2160 pixels) IPS LCD panel with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC, coupled with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB of internal storage.

In the camera department, the Nokia 7 Plus sports a dual rear camera setup consisting of a primary 12-megapixel wide-angle sensor, with f/1.75 aperture, and a 13-megapixel secondary camera with f/2.6 aperture. On the front, the handset bears a 16-megapixel fixed focus camera with f/2.0 aperture and Zeiss optics. There is a 3,800mAh battery under the hood of the Nokia 7 Plus.