This week, on our weekly news roundup: on this Friday, the Sony Xperia XZ1 will start receiving Android Pie, EMUI 9.0 Beta goes official, and more!
What's new this week?
Sony
- Xperia XZ1 will get Android Pie by the end of this week
Xiaomi
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S gets Android Pie
Huawei
- EMUI 9.0 Beta is finally official
Samsung
- Update for the Galaxy Watch brings a few general improvements
HTC
- Latest update for the HTC U12+ brings bug fixes
OnePlus
- Android Pie update for the OnePlus 3, 3T, 5, and 5T will be delayed
Sony
XZ1, XZ1 Compact, XZ Premium
Good news for Sony Xperia XZ1 owners - Android Pie will start being delivered to your device on this Friday. Of course, the same thing applies to the XZ1 Compact and XZ1 Premium.Other than that, the Xperia XZ2 Premium will also get it later during this month and the XA2/Ultra and XA2 Plus will also receive it at some point. Sony hasn't announced exactly when but we'll let you know once we find out!Xiaomi
Mi Mix 2S
Xiaomi has previously mentioned that most of their smartphones will receive Android Pie and the first one seems to be the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S. Huawei has officially announced it and the update is already arriving to various units in China.Various Android Pie features will be included in this update like Adaptive Battery, Adaptive Brightness, Digital Wellbeing, and more. Other than that, there's also Xiaomi's new refined UI which does a better job at utilizing tall screens.Huawei
EMUI
So, we've been hearing a lot about EMUI 9.0 for a while now and we knew that it would officially come in Beta officially, but we just didn't know when. So, all we could really do is sit tight and wait while the Mate 20 Pro was giving us some first real-life impressions.Well, the wait is now officially over. EMUI 9.0 Beta is officially available for 9 Huawei models. Those are the:- Huawei Mate 10
- Mate 10 Porsche Edition
- Mate 10 Pro
- Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design
- Huawei P20/P20 Pro
- Honor 10
- Huawei Honor V10
- Huawei Honor Play