Motorola phones getting Android 8.0 Oreo revealed

September 15, 2017

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Motorola has revealed the smartphones that will be receiving an update to the Android 8.0 Oreo operating system upgrade. The list covers 10 different devices in three of the many Motorola series of phones. One group of owners that will not be happy if they were looking forward to Android Oreo will be owners of the Moto G4 smartphones as they did not make the cut. Likewise, older versions of the Moto X series will not get an update either. In the case of the G4 series of devices, Motorola launched them with Android Marshmallow just last year and updated them to Android Nougat earlier this year.

The list of devices includes the following:

Moto G5S
Moto G5S Plus
Moto G5
Moto G5 Plus
Moto X4a
Moto Z2 Play
Moto Z2 Force
Moto Z / Z Droid
Moto Z Play / Z Play Droid
Moto Z Force Droid

Motorola says the update will start rolling out to devices starting this fall, but no more specific dates were provided. That could be bad news for owners of these devices as Motorola's history with updates has been inconsistent in recent times despite their announcements.

source: Motorola
via: TechRadar

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Raised in North Carolina, Jeff Causey is a licensed CPA in North Carolina. Jeff's past Android devices include an HTC EVO, a Samsung Note II, an LG G3, and a Motorola Moto X Pure Edition along with a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1. He currently uses a Samsung Galaxy S8 and (very rarely) a Nexus 7 (2013). He is also using a Verizon-branded Motorola Moto Z Play Droid supplied by his job. Jeff used to have a pair of Google Glass and a Moto 360 Sport in his stable of gadgets. Unfortunately, his kids have all drunk the Apple Kool-Aid and have i-devices. Life at home often includes demonstrations of the superiority of his Android based devices. In his free time, Jeff is active an active runner usually training for his next marathon, owns a Mazda MX-5 Miata, and plays Dungeons & Dragons. Jeff has three grown kids and a golden retriever.