Honor 8 Will Not Get Android Oreo-Based EMUI 8.0 Update, Confirms Company
Honor has confirmed that the Android Oreo update will not be coming to the Honor 8 smartphone. The company confirmed the information on Monday via its official Honor India Twitter handle. Also, Honor is evaluating the possibility of the Honor 6X receiving Android 8.0 Oreo and latest EMUI.
Earlier, Honor had announced the rollout of its latest mobile UI EMUI 8.0, based on Android 8.0 Oreo. It also listed the smartphones which will receive the update. While the EMUI 8.0 is currently available for the Honor 9 Lite and the latest Honor View 10, will also be rolled out to phones like the Honor 8 Pro, Honor 9i, and Honor 8 Lite, the company had confirmed. Notably, the list did not contain the Honor 8.
Citing the reason that the Honor 8 has “hardware and software limitations�, the company said that the handset is not compatible with Android 8.0 Oreo. However, the smartphone will keep getting security patches, as of now