Vivo confirms that Android Pie is arriving in it's phones by late 2018: Report

After the Essential PH-1, Android Pie 9.0 is coming to Vivo in the fourth quarter of 2018 and it is quite likely that it might come to the Vivo X21.According to a report by Android Authority, Vivo has confirmed about the impending rollout, which will take some time to come. As of now, other than Google’s own lineup of devices, Beta 4 version of Android Pie has been released for Nokia 7 Plus. Apart from that, we can expect to see it in Vivo next.[caption id="attachment_4486013" align="alignnone" width="1280"] The Vivo X21. Image: tech2/Sheldon Pinto[/caption]Vivo reportedly said to Android Authority, “Designing for consumers’ need continue to be Vivo’s top priority. Upgrading to the latest Android Pie operating system to deliver better mobile experience is, therefore an area Vivo is working on bringing to consumers as soon as possible.”Expected devices from Vivo which might get Android Pie are the Vivo Nex and Vivo X21 UD. Both the phones are currently powered with Android Oreo 8.1.Dubbed Android Pie, the name of the software update follows the long line of Android software updates which are named after desserts such as KitKat, Marshmellow, Nougat, and Oreo which was released last year.After four beta updates of Android P, Google launched Android Pie 9.0, recently. The software update includes new features such as gesture-based navigation controls, adaptive brightness for the ‘digital well-being’ of users, app actions to anticipate apps you may need in your near future etc.