Finally, Google started rolling the next major version of Android for the supported Google Pixel device. After the Android 8.0 Oreo, this is the 9th iteration from Google. After the preview, Android 9.0 Pie is available for Pixel and other beta supported devices. With Android Pie, Google has revamped many UI changes which include the notification panel, Settings, Quick Toggles and more. The main highlighted features of Android Pie is notification panel, indoor WiFi positioning, support for iPhone X-style notches, Material Design 2, Dark Mode, Enhanced Auto-fill, Dual Camera API, Neural network API implementation and many more.
Features of Android 9.0 Pie:
Here is the list of top features in Android 9.0 Pie:
New Notification Panel: With Android Pie, Google has completely changed the interface on the notification panel. The quick toggle button now resides inside the dark circle while date, time and carrier name have been removed. With the new notification, Google will also let you select the reply from Google’s machine learning-powered Smart Replies, which scans your messages and will suggest custom replies for you.
iPhone X Like Notch Support: With phone screens getting bigger and bigger and bezels getting slimmer and slimmer, the smartphone manufacturers now have no room for camera, and earpieces> If you like it or not, Google has introduced Notch supports in Android P for developers to test how their app will behave on devices with notches.
Multi-camera API: Google finally introducing the Multi-Camera API which enables developers to “create innovative features not possible with just a single camera.” Also, this feature allows every app to request multi-camera instead of the single camera.
WiFi Round-Trip-Time (RTT): This feature allows apps to receive indoor positioning data at an accuracy of 1-2 meters of your position.
New UI for settings/quick settings: Google once again revamped the settings menu and quick settings after the Android Oreo. With the new settings UI, Google introducing new icons for each settings menu.
Power Saving: In Android Nougat, Google introduced the Doze mode which enables more battery backup while your phone is not in use. With Android Pie, Google has worked hard to bring the more advanced doze mode with App Standby, and Background Limits to further improve battery life.
Enhanced Auto-fill: Auto-Fill one of the best features which will save all your username and password. Google rolled this feature in Android Oreo and now they have improvised it with Android Pie.
and more features such as:
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- New Animation/Transition
- Pixel launcher has been improved
- Battery saver no longer shows orange warning
- About phone screen now shows additional info in a popup window.
- Screenshot button in power menu
- Text selection zoom (like iOS)
- Battery saver can now be scheduled.
- Do Not Disturb has been simplified down to a single mode
- Volume buttons now control media volume by default
- Adaptive Brightness is now much more useful as it actually changes the base brightness level
- Hotspot can be turned off automatically if no devices are connected
- Rotation can be locked to landscape mode
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List of Android 9.0 Pie Supported LG Smartphones:
After researching, we find out we are here with the names of the LG smartphone which will get Android Pie 9.0 firmware update. Like Samsung, Xiaomi, and Huawei, LG’s own Custom skin on top of Android which will again delay the rollout of the Android OS update for eligible devices. Here we have listed all the devices which will receive the official Android 9.0 Pie on LG smartphones.
Android 9.0 Pie Supported LG G Series:
LG V40 ThinQ
LG V40 ThinQ is another great Android Device by LG. Under the hood, the LG V40 ThinQ is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chip along with 6 GB of RAM. The device was launched back in October 2018. With that being said, we do expect an update of Android 9 Pie for the LG V40 ThinQ.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG G7 Fit
The LG G7 Fit is one of the latest offerings for Android Device by the LG. The LG G7 Fit has a 6.1 inch Ful HD Display. Under the hood, the LG G7 Fit is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chip and 4 GB of RAM. This device is also expected to get the latest version of Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG G7 One
The LG G7 One has a 6.1 inch Ful HD Display. Under the hood, the LG G7 One is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip and 4 GB of RAM. The device is currently running on the Android 8.1 Oreo. This device is quite decent. With that being said, this device is also expected to get the latest version of Android 9 Pie.
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LG G7
The LG G7 is not yet released by the Company but still has a lot of rumors. People are going crazy over the rumors and there is much hype about this upcoming device in the market. Since the device would be released after the release of Android P Pie, we expect the LG G7 to come with the Android 9 Pie out of the box.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG G7 ThinQ
The LG G7 ThinQ is one of the most popular devices in the Markets right now. The device comes with a Snapdragon 845 chip under the hood. The device supports massive 6 GB of RAM. Considering the popularity of this device, the LG is much likely to roll out the Android 9 Pie update for this device later this year.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG G7+ ThinQ
The LG G7+ ThinQ is one of the latest offerings from the Company. The device is powered by an octa-core processor and it comes with 6GB of RAM. This device is also expected to get the latest version of Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG G6
The LG G6 was launched last year by the Company. The device comes with a Snapdragon 821 chip inside. this device comes with 4 GB of RAM. This device was also a huge success for the Company. This device is much likely to get an update for the latest Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG G5
The LG G5 was launched back in 2016. This device is powered by a Snapdragon 820 and 4 GB of RAM. The Smartphone still performs good enough. The LG is much likely not to roll out an Android 9 Pie update for this device.
Estimated date: Will not be updated
Android 9.0 Pie Supported LG V Series:
LG V30
The LG V30 was launched last year in the month of August. The device is powered by a Snapdragon 835 chip along with 4 GB of RAM. Though the device is quite old, these specifications still hold good. That’s the reason we expect the LG to roll out an Android 9 Pie update for this device as well.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG V30+
The LG V30+ is one of the latest offerings from the LG. This device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor along with 4 GB of RAM. The device comes with Android Nougat out of the box. This device is much likely to get an update of Android 9 Pie this year.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG V30S ThinQ
The LG V30S ThinQ was released back in February this year. This device is powered by a Snapdragon 835 chip inside. This device also has the 6 GB of RAM. Since this device is launched this year and has some really good specifications, the LG is much likely to provide an Android 9 Pie update for this device.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG V35 ThinQ
The LG V35 ThinQ was released last month by the LG. This device is powered by a Snapdragon 845 chip inside. The device has a massive 6 GB of RAM. LG V25 ThinQ comes with the Android 8.0 (Oreo) out of the box. This device is also expected to get the latest Android 9 Pie update pretty soon.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG V20
It has been a while since the Company has released the LG V20. It was first available in September 2016. The device is powered by a Snapdragon 820 chip along with 4 GB of RAM. This device is not going to be updated to the latest Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Will not be updated
Android 9.0 Pie Supported LG K Series:
LG K11 Plus
The LG K11 Plus is one of the latest LG Smartphone from its K series. The device was launched by the company last month. LG K11 Plus is powered by an MT6750chip along with 3 GB of RAM. Considering that this device is launched recently by the Company, it is much likely to get an update for the latest Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG K30
The LG K30 is another new Smartphone offering from LG. The device was launched in May this year. This device is powered by a Snapdragon 425 processor along with 2 GB of RAM. The Snapdragon 425LG K30 is also expected to get an update for the Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG K10 2018
The LG K10 2018 was launched by the Company in February this year. The LG K10 2018 is powered by an MT6750 chip along with 3 GB of RAM. Considering that this device is launched this year by the Company, it is much likely to get an update for the latest Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG K8 2018
The LG K8 2018 was also launched by the Company in February this year. The LG K8 is powered by a Snapdragon 210 chip inside along with 2 GB of RAM. This device does not have some of the best specifications out there and is therefore not expected to get an update for Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Will not be updated
LG Aristo 2
The LG Aristo 2 was released by the Company in the Month of January this year. Tahat being said, the device does not have some of the best specifications, it is powered by a Snapdragon 425 chip along with 2 GB of RAM. This device is also not expected to get an update for Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Will not be updated
Android 9.0 Pie Supported LG Stylo and Stylus Series:
LG Q Stylo 4
The LG Q Stylo 4 is the latest offering by the LG for its Stylo and Stylus series. The LG Q Stylo 4 was released last month by the Company, The device is powered by a Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 chip along with 2 GB of RAM. Considering the fact that it is released by the Company last month, we would be expecting an Android 9 Pie update for this device by the Company.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG Stylo 3 Plus
The LG Stylo 3 Plus was launched last year by the Company. This device is powered by a Snapdragon 435 chip along with 2 GB Of RAM. This device is much likely not to get an update for the latest Android 9 Pie update.
Estimated date: Will not be updated
LG Stylus 3
The LG Stylus 3 is quite an old device, it was launched by the Company back in 2016. The device is powered by an MT6750 chip along with 3 GB of RAM. These specifications are not much impressive. Also, the device is quite old, that’s why we won’t be expecting LG to update this device to the latest Android 9 Pie.
Estimated date: Will not be updated
LG Q7
The LG Q7 was released by the Company back in May this year. The device is powered by an MT6750S chip inside. This device has 4 GB of RAM. With that being said, the LG is much likely to roll out an Android Pie update for the same.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
LG Q8
The LG Q8 is not yet released in the markets but is expected to get launched pretty soon. That being said, since the device is launching after the release of the Android 9 Pie, we would love to see LG providing the Android 9 Pie out of the box. If not, we can expect an update for the same in coming days.
Estimated date: Yet to be announced
Other LG devices which will not get Android 9.0 Pie update:
- LG X4+
- The LG Q8
- LG Q6
- The LG X Venture
- LG X power2
- The LG K20 plus
If the list is given has any changes, then please let us know via comment box below. There is a very less chance of ever seeing Android Pie on lower tier LG smartphones. Also, LG will never update some of the entry-level devices which released with Android Nougat. In case if your device is still not supported, then you can simply wait for any developers to port it to your phone.
Will the LG Stylo 3 or 4 get the update to Android 9.0 Pie?