Google has been rolling out Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview 2 for Nexus and Pixel smartphones
After Google has been rolling out Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview 2 for Nexus and Pixel smartphones, now it has also started releasing final Android Nougat update for compatible smartphones as well. The latest Android 7.1.1 update also feature the company’s monthly security update for this month.
Google has been highlighting the new Android 7.1.1 as “an update to Nougat”. This update will be available over the next several weeks to Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, and General Mobile 4G handsets. The company states that the Android 7.1.1 update will be released over-the-air (OTA) and the devices registered in the Android Beta Program will also receive this final version update.
Plus, Google has also rolled out Android 7.1.1 factory images and OTA files for the compatible smartphones.
The emojis featured in the latest Android 7.1.1 Nougat will symbolise gender equality. Another notable thing is, Google earlier had announced that it would add a whole new bunch of female emoji characters. With the Android 7.1.1 Nougat upgrade, Google indeed has incorporated gender counterparts for emoji characters that earlier only has a male or female illustration. In addition, Google’s new set of emojis that released with the Pixel smartphone will now be available to all the devices that are compatible with running Android Nougat.
Other than emojis, Google also added GIF image support directly from the keyboard on supported applications. Some of the apps that will support GIF images are Google Messenger, Google Allo, and Hangouts. The update also offers app shortcuts directly from home screen.
The company has also packed its monthly security patch along with Android 7.1.1 Nougat. For December it brings the fix for decisive security susceptibility in device-specific code that might enable arbitrary code execution within the context of the kernel and can result from possibility of a local permanent device compromise.
