Android 9 Pie, the follow-up to Android Oreo, was officially released on August 7, 2018. Bit by bit, manufacturers are announcing which smartphones will receive an Android 9 Pie upgrade. But which innovations await us in Android Pie? And which phones can already be updated to Android 9 Pie? We have summarized the most important facts.
New Android navigation through gesture
The navigation buttons will be largely replaced by gesture controls, such as the backspace button, which will only appear under certain conditions. The performance of the multitasking view will change from horizontal to vertical in Pie, and the controls, such as volume control, have been redesigned.
AI will regulate battery usage and display brightness
With the new Android version, battery usage will be optimized with Artificial Intelligence, so to speak. The smartphone analyzes which apps are most used, and gives them full battery support for optimal performance, while the seldom-used apps will have reduced battery intake. Display brightness will also be AI-regulated and automatically adjust to the user over time.
More control over usage behavior
With Android Pie, Google also wants to inform the user about daily usage, broken down by individual app. It is possible to enter a maximum usage time for each app that will give a warning as soon as the time is exceeded. Google calls this “Digital Wellbeing” for healthy usage behavior. In addition, the “Do not disturb” function has been rethought. Not even visual notifications will be displayed in this mode. Similar is the goodnight mode, which after a certain time will color the screen in shades of gray and automatically change to the “Do not disturb” function.
Following manufacturers are already distributing or have announced an update to Android 9 Pie. (January 18, 2019):
Asus
Asus Zenfone 5 (ZE620KL): rollout in progress
Asus Zenfone 5Z (ZS620KL): rollout in progress
Asus Zenfone 5 Lite: not confirmed, but possible
Asus ROG Phone: not confirmed, but possible
Blackberry
BlackBerry KEY2 LE: not confirmed, but possible
BQ
- BQ Aquaris X: announced
- BQ Aquaris X Pro: announced
- BQ Aquaris X2 (Android One): announced
- BQ Aquaris X2 Pro (Android One): announced
- BQ Aquaris V: announced
- BQ Aquaris V Plus: announced
- BQ Aquaris VS: announced
- BQ Aquaris VS Plus: announced
Chuwi
- Chuwi Hi9 Air: announced
- Chuwi Hi9 Plus: announced
- Chuwi Hi9 Pro: announced
- Chuwi HiPad: announced
- Google Pixel: update available
- Google Pixel XL: update available
- Google Pixel 2: update available
- Google Pixel 2 XL: update available
- Google Pixel 3: pre-installed
- Google Pixel 3 XL: pre-installed
Honor
- Honor 10: rollout in progress
- Honor Note 10: not confirmed, but possible
- Honor View 10: rollout in progress
- Honor Play: December 2018
HTC
- HTC U11: announced
- HTC U11 Plus: announced
- HTC U11 life (Android One): announced
- HTC U12 life: not confirmed, but possible
- HTC U12 Plus: announced
Huawei
- Huawei Mate 10 Lite: not confirmed, but possible
- Huawei Mate 10: announced
- Huawei Mate 10 Pro: rollout in progress
- Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design: announced
- Huawei Mate 20: pre-installed
- Huawei Mate 20 X: pre-installed
- Huawei Mate 20 Lite: not confirmed, but possible
- Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design: rollout in progress
- Huawei P10: beta test
- Huawei P10 Plus: not confirmed, but possible
- Huawei P20: rollout in progress
- Huawei P20 Lite: not confirmed, but possible
- Huawei P20 Pro: rollout in progress
- Huawei P Smart 2019: pre-installed
LG
- LG G6: not confirmed, but possible
- LG V30: not confirmed, but possible
- LG G7 ThinQ: rollout in south korea in progress
Motorola
- Motorola Moto G6: announced
- Motorola Moto G6 Play: announced
- Motorola Moto G6 Plus: announced
- Motorola Moto Z2 Force: announced
- Motorola Moto Z2 Play: announced
- Motorola Moto Z3: announced
- Motorola Moto Z3 Play: announced
- Motorola Moto X4 [Android One]: announced
- Motorola One [Android One]: rollout in progress
Nokia
- Nokia 1: announced
- Nokia 2: announced
- Nokia 2.1 (Android Go): announced
- Nokia 3: announced
- Nokia 3.1 (Android One): announced
- Nokia 5: announced
- Nokia 5.1 (Android One): announced
- Nokia 5.1 Plus: rollout in progress
- Nokia 6: announced
- Nokia 6.1 (Android One): rollout in progress
- Nokia 6.1 Plus (Android One): beta test
- Nokia 7: announced
- Nokia 7 Plus (Android One): rollout in progress
- Nokia 7.1 (Android One): rollout in progress
- Nokia 8: rollout in progress
- Nokia 8 Sirocco (Android One): rollout in progress
OnePlus
- OnePlus 3: announced
- OnePlus 3T: announced
- OnePlus 5: rollout in progress
- OnePlus 5T: rollout in progress
- OnePlus 6: rollout in progress
Samsung
- Samsung Galaxy A6: April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy A6 Plus: April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018): April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus (2018): April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy A8 Star: April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018): April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J2 (2018): April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J2 Core: April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J4: April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J4 Plus: April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J6: May 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J6 Plus: April 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017): July 2019
- Samsung Galaxy J8: May 2019
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8: beta available – rollout announced for February 2019
- Samsung Galaxy Note 9: rollout in progress
- Samsung Galaxy S8: beta available – rollout announced for March 2019
- Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus: beta available – rollout announced for March 2019
- Samsung Galaxy S9: rollout in progress
- Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus: rollout in progress
- Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017): October 2019
- Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5: October 2019
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7: August 2019
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 10.5: April 2019
Sony
- Sony Xperia XA2: announced for 4th March 2019
- Sony Xperia XA2 Plus: announced for 4th March 2019
- Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra: announced for 4th March 2019
- Sony Xperia XZ1: announced for 26th October 2018
- Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact: announced for 26th October 2018
- Sony Xperia XZ Premium: announced for 26th October 2018
- Sony Xperia XZ2: rollout in progress
- Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact: rollout in progress
- Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium: announced for 7th November 2018
- Sony Xperia XZ3: pre-installed
Xiaomi
- Xiaomi Mi A1 [Android One]: beta test
- Xiaomi Mi A2 [Android One]: rollout in progress
- Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite [Android One]: rollout in progress
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S: rollout in progress
- Xiaomi Mi Mix 3: rollout in progress
- Xiaomi Mi 6X: beta test in Q1 2019
- Xiaomi Mi 8: rollout in progress
- Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro: beta test in Q1 2019
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 5: beta test in Q1 2019
- Xiaomi Redmi S2: beta test in Q1 2019
- Pocophone F1: rollout in progress