As we talked about after we mentioned Motorola’s intentions relating to updates to Android 14, we’ll say it once more – there are some Android machine makers who’re superb at issuing updates (Google and Samsung come to thoughts), and there are some like Motorola and HMD World.
The latter has lastly began pushing Android 14 in the present day to the Nokia G42, which was introduced final June. That is the primary HMD machine to obtain the brand new OS model launched by Google many months in the past, and hopefully it will not be the final – though HMD hasn’t but revealed an inventory of eligible telephones.
It looks like the rollout has commenced in India solely. The replace arrives as a 2.68GB over-the-air obtain, so be sure to’re grabbing it over a community that is dependable sufficient and quick sufficient. As soon as you’ve got put in the replace, you will be on software program model V2.160, and you will have the December 2023 safety patch degree.
As all the time with such rollouts, understand that a batched distribution is probably going, so you probably have a G42 purchased from India, it may not have popped up the notification but. Now that the rollout is underway, it ought to solely be a matter of days, nevertheless. Then we’re hoping extra international locations will get it.
Just lately each the Nokia G60 and the Nokia X30 had been noticed on Geekbench working Android 14, so HMD World is clearly testing the discharge for these. Maybe this implies they are going to be subsequent in line.