Well, it’s raining Android Oreo updates and HTC is not behind the game. The HTC U11 Oreo Update will be rolling live in the  Indian and Singapore regions on January 30, 2018. It will bring the usual pack of features that Oreo brings such as Doze mode, Pip(Picture-in-Picture Mode), faster under-the-hood functioning etc.

Oreo is the 8th iteration and latest version of Android OS.  It was first released as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2017.   the public rollout began on August 21, 2017. It contains a number of major features, including notification grouping, picture-in-picture support for video. Also, it brings in performance improvements and battery usage optimization, auto-filler API, Bluetooth 5 etc.  It also further enables the system-level integration with VoIP apps, wide color gamuts, and Wi-Fi Aware. Android Oreo also introduces two major platform features: Android Go – a software distribution of the operating system for low-end devices – and support for implementing a hardware abstraction layer

HTC U11 is a dual SIM smartphone launched in August 2016. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440  pixels by 2560 pixels. It is powered by 2.45 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and runs on 6 GB of RAM. It runs on Android 7.1 Nougat out-of-the-box. This device packs a 64GB of expandable internal storage.  HTC U11 brings a 12-ultrapixel primary camera on the rear and a 16-megapixel camera on the front.

The update will be rolling via OTA in a phase-wise manner. It will gradually cover all the regions. You can check your device System Updater for its availability.

How To Download HTC U11 Oreo Update

Since its an airborne update, you can wait till it shows up for your device. You can manually check for the availability of the HTC U11 Oreo update OTA. To do so,

Go to your device Settings > System Updates > Tap on Check for updates. If the HTC U11 Oreo update OTA is available, then follow the on-screen instructions to download and install it.

So, that’s it. Keep your eyes peeled for the HTC U11 Oreo update. Catch it as it rolls.

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