And no replace for 2013’s Nexus 5, based on dependable leaker.
It is wanting increasingly more probably that Android 7.0 will hit secure launch standing within the coming month, with the often dependable Evan Blass (a.okay.a. @evleaks) claiming that Nougat will land “subsequent month” together with the Aug. 5 Android safety patch.
That is not shocking given Google’s common rollout of month-to-month Nougat developer previews over the previous 5 months. The newest preview hit on July 18, so mid-to-late August is an honest guess for a secure Nougat launch for supported Nexus units, in addition to an open-source code drop to AOSP (the Android Open Supply Undertaking.)
The brand new Android model ought to arrive comfortably forward of the standard launch window.
A brand new Android model is often intently adopted by new Nexus telephones. There isn’t any phrase on when the rumored HTC-built Nexuses may land, however provided that Nougat is operating forward of Google’s earlier yearly schedule, it is in all probability protected to anticipate them comfortably earlier than the traditional October launch window.
As we welcome new Nexus telephones to the combination, it could possibly be curtains for the Nexus 5, as Blass additionally says the three-year-old telephone will not be getting an official replace to Nougat.
Android 7.zero releases subsequent month, with the eight/5 safety patch. Sorry Nexus 5 house owners, no Nougat for you
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 30, 2016
The Nexus 5 will proceed to obtain Android’s month-to-month safety updates — for now.
That is consistent with the official Google update advisory for Nexus units, which places the final assured replace for the LG-built system at October 2015. (The 2013 Nexus 7, which acquired Marshmallow regardless of having a “final replace” date of July 2015, is nearly sure to stay on Android 6.zero.1 as nicely.)
The Nexus 5 will proceed to obtain safety updates in the meanwhile, in keeping with Google’s promise of month-to-month patches for 3 years from availability, or 18 months from when the Google Retailer final bought the gadget.
Regardless that the N5 could also be reaching the top of its life, the open nature of Nexus units — and inner similarities with the formally supported Nexus 6 — ought to imply there will be loads of unofficial Nougat ROMs for the telephone.
Whoops! Somebody’s Nexus 6P was mistakenly despatched a Googlers-only testing construct.
In different Nougat information, there are additional indicators of an impending secure launch, as one Nexus 6P proprietor on Reddit seems to have inadvertently acquired an over-the-air replace to an inner Google testing construct. Poster Brian Moyano acquired the 49MB OTA when trying to revert again to the Marshmallow from the Nougat developer preview; as an alternative of going again to Android 6.zero.1, it pushed him to 7.zero, construct NRD90M.
The “R” in that construct quantity means it is on the “launch” channel, suggesting it is virtually prepared for prime time. Moyano says the “Android Beta Program” widget not shows within the fast settings space, and that the telephone exhibits the Aug. 5 safety patch degree. Apart from that, no main modifications have been reported — not shocking because the fifth developer preview was imagined to be “close to ultimate” anyway.
Regardless of the perfect efforts of commenters, neither the construct itself nor the OTA to get there have been pulled from the telephone for wider launch. So we’ll have to attend slightly longer to get our palms on up to date Nougat bits.
Backside line: We’re getting nearer to the ultimate launch of Android 7.0, and meaning new Nexus telephones in all probability aren’t far behind. So strap in — the often quiet month of August is about to get an entire lot busier.
Supply: Evan Blass, Reddit