Even though Essential came out and said owners will have to wait for Android 8.1 in order to get their first non-beta taste of Oreo, the company still remains one of the quickest to update its phone with the latest Android security patches.
Today, Essential announced via Twitter that Essential Phone owners can expect the February patch to roll out starting now, labeled as build NMK24B. This is impressive because the update was literally announced and released yesterday.
For a detailed breakdown of the February patch, check here.
Essential Phone owners, how are you liking these timely updates?
https://twitter.com/essential/status/960953134511144960
No security update if you are running beta build
and still not a go to phone. Lets hope the second version is better.
I’m ecstatic that the security update is actually for December, January, and February. Guess they got together with Sprint and figured out how to do this update thing. Awesome!
My pixel 2 had it yesterday. But great job with the speed of updates much better than oems and samsung
Updated on Sprint last night, maybe Essential finally has a handle on their updates on the NOW Network.
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Meanwhile, my Moto G5+ just got the November security patch yesterday and it’s still running 7.0 ????
Mine too!! So I’m still 3 months behind
Meanwhile, Pixel 2xl user here haven’t got the update yet. Lol.
Still no Oreo update though ✌️
Liking the updates fine, liking the phone in general more. Running the most recent beta of Oreo and having no issues with the phone.
Too bad that my sprint pH-1 doesn’t get the updates that quick, it is still on November patch! that’s why instead I use the 2 XL ????
Mine got the OTA yestyeste
I didn’t get OTA but randomly checked and there it was!
already got it. Its nice to have a secure phone quickly. It would be even nicer to have Oreo
Now if only Sprint would push the updates. Still on November security. Sigh
The only thing Essential is killing is touch responsiveness.
They’ll probably be last to push Oreo at this rate. #NoCredit
Savage!
They’ll have Oreo out to their devices before Samsung will.
Never. They already balked pushing to “8.1” instead of 8.0 as their release. Samsung is already on their last beta.
I think they’re on their 3rd beta of Oreo, and will have a 8.1 beta out later this week, with hopes of releasing to the public a few weeks after.
That “Few Weeks” is going to take forever. Their 8.1 Beta is a brand new beta, because they couldn’t fix their issues with 8.0. They’re just buying time.
If they have a Final release before End or February I’d be shocked.
Yeah, I have no idea why they aren’t pushing out Oreo yet. I’ve been running the Oreo beta on my PH-1 for weeks, and I’ve seen no problems whatsoever.
Eh, as long as they’re pushing out security updates, I’m fine. Besides, they’ll be the first third-party to roll out 8.1 at this rate.
Been on betas since the first one, main problems I have: Wifi doesn’t restore properly after device setup (have to forget and re-add network), lots of stuttering every so often.
I approve of these quick security updates. I approve them very much.