Nokia 7.1 gets Android 9 Pie

Ivan, 27 November 2018

The Nokia 7.1 is has begun receiving the Android 9 Pie update. The news was delivered by HMD Global's Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas on Twitter.

The Nokia 7.1 is an Android One device, meaning it's running mostly close to stock Android. Nokia was testing the new software since October.

New day, and a new serving of Pie coming right up. Nokia 7.1 now on Android 9. 😋🥧 pic.twitter.com/ZPupm6TAmR
— Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) November 27, 2018

Android 9 Pie brings a lot of improvements and a fresh new design and navigation. You get Adaptive Battery, Digital Wellbeing that shows you how much time you're spending in certain apps and improved notification handling.

Reader comments

Anonymous
28 Nov 2018
Y9E

Android Pie is trash compared to Oreo 8.1. Avoid at all costs

Zac
27 Nov 2018
IW@

Not true at all. Gestures is turned off by default. You can find it in Settings>System>Gestures>Swipe Up on Home Button. Even after pie update in some cases, swipe gesture toggle is not visible unless phone is restarded at least once.