HMD Global has already revealed Beta Preview of Android 9.0 Pie for Nokia 6.1 Plus. Now, the company has revealed that it will skip the Beta update for the Nokia 6.1, which was launched earlier this year, and will directly roll out Android Pie update to the latest smartphone.
Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer, HMD Global, has announced that the company will ditch Beta Labs and will directly roll out the stable Pie version to Nokia 6.1. He confirmed this news while replying to a user on Twitter. The tweet reads, “Next. We will skip betalabs on Nokia 6.1 and roll out Pie soon.” However, Sarvikas has not revealed the timeline of the stable update for the smartphone, but one could expect it to be rollout early next year.
Next. We will skip betalabs on Nokia 6.1 and roll out soon
— Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) October 20, 2018
Meanwhile, the Nokia 7.1, which was recently launched in London with Android One, programme, will be updated Android Pie soon. The phone has been recently spotted on GeekBench with the latest version of Android. The company has already rolled out Android 9.0 Pie update to the Nokia 7.1 Plus.
Recollecting some key specifications of Nokia 6.1, the smartphone was launched in India In April this year along with Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco. The phone comes with a price tag of Rs 16,999 and it features a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Chipset along with a 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of internal storage.
It is equipped with a 16-megapixel shooter with f/2.0 Aperture along with an 8-megapixel shooter for selfies and video calling. The Nokia 6.1 or Nokia 6 (2018) features a 3000 mAh non-removable battery with fast charging. On the connectivity front, the smartphone offers hybrid Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, WiFi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 5, GPS, USB Type C, 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Dual speakers, Dual smart amplifiers, and Dolby Atmos.