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Nokia 2.1 receiving Android 9 Pie (Go Edition) update

The news comes from HMD Global Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas who took to Twitter to announce that the company is starting to roll out Android 9 Pie update to the Nokia 2.1. With Android 9 Pie (Go Edition), it'll get lighter apps to save storage space, faster booting and the same set of apps as Android Pie.

Just a day after seeding the Google’s latest mobile OS update to the Nokia 6 (2017) and Nokia 8, HMD Global has now started rolling out Android 9 Pie software to Android Go Edition-based Nokia 2.1 smartphone. The six-month-old smartphone now receives the Go Edition of Android Pie after HMD Global revealed last year that all Nokia phones will get an update to the latest version of Android.

The news comes from HMD Global Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas who took to Twitter to announce that the company is starting to roll out Android 9 Pie update to the Nokia 2.1. With Android 9 Pie (Go Edition), Nokia 2.1 will get lighter apps to save storage space, faster booting and the same set of apps as regular Android but with lighter customisations though ‘Go’ apps.

To recall, the Nokia 2.1 smartphone was announced by HMD Global in August last year as the successor to the Nokia 2 for a price of Rs 6,999. It comes loaded with quad-core Snapdragon 425 along with 1GB of and 8GB of ROM. The device first came running Android 8.1 Oreo (Go Edition) and is fuelled by a 4000mAh battery.

The Nokia 2.1 features a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. In terms of camera, you get an 8-megapixel rear sensor and a 5-megapixel selfie camera. The memory can be expanded up to 128GB via micro SD card slot. Connectivity options include LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS/ A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, dual-SIM, 3.5mm and port.

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