Sony has accidentally revealed their own Android 7.0 Nougat update roadmap after a couple of phone manufacturers announced theirs. The company's Xperia lineup, including the X Performance and XZ models, will start receiving theirs by next month.
Sony Slovakia recently held a press conference and showed its participants a slide that contains the "Android N Update Strategy." It shows that the first update will happen in October and the next batch of updates will be performed in November.The Xperia X and X Compact are two of the phones that are revealed to have the update. Before the year ends,the models Xperia Z5 series, Z3+ and the Z4 tablet will also get the update. The Xperia XA and Ultra will have theirs by early 2017, according to Xperia Blog.
The said roadmap is still unofficial since it was only presented by a country specific representative and not by a global one, but fans could have a rough estimate on when their handsets will have the latest Android version. The revelation came after a couple of Android phone manufacturers officially announced their respective Android 7.0 Nougat update plans. HTC will have its HTC 10, HTC One A9, and HTC One M9 upgraded, while the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will have Nougat in two to three months, according to GSM Arena.
All the handsets showed in the slide are the same models that were officially mentioned by Sony last month. The company also stated: "We've been working hard to bring this major update to as many of our devices as possible, as quickly as we can. We're really excited about the new Sony features & functionality and the improvements we've made to the user experience – and we'll be sharing more soon."
Android 7.0 Nougat is the latest mobile operating system released by Google, and it is now shipping to several Nexus devices, including the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C, and General Mobile 4G (Android One). It features a richer drop-down menu, Vulkan gaming power, multi-tasking capability, revised notifications, and the new Doze function.
