Android Pie

[king arthur]

My Nokia 6 downloaded it yesterday but I've put off installing it in case it mucks everything up. Anyone had any problems yet?

[captain_cynic]

king arthur said:

My Nokia 6 downloaded it yesterday but I've put off installing it in case it mucks everything up. Anyone had any problems yet?

Been running it since December. So far only upsides.

I've have a 7.1, so I cant say there aren't any model specific issues but Nokia has been good so far.

[eybic]

I installed it on my S9 a couple of weeks ago and not had any issues.

[C0ffin D0dger]

Been on my Xiaomi Mi A1 for a while now. No issues and quite like the things they've improved. Weirdly I now also have an FM radio function on the phone that I never had before!

[cobra kid]

Is it a fancy name for 9?

If so, it's been seamless on my P20

[zedx19]

Had it on my Mate 10 Pro for a while, no problems, not much different to Oreo tbh. Also have it on my Galaxy Tab S2, no issues.

[Doofus]

My Samsung has only just downloaded 8.0.0

[ZesPak]

cobra kid said:

Is it a fancy name for 9?

If so, it's been seamless on my P20

Alphabetic sweets.

Cupcake
Donut
Eclair
Froyo
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice Cream Sandwich
Jelleybean
Kit Kat
Lollypop
Marshmallow
Nougat
Oreo
Pie

[Doofus]

So why, when you look at the software information on your device, does it use numbers, and not those names?

I had to Google it this morning to find out that I've only just got Oreo. Otherwise known as version 8.

Bunch of cutesy tts...

[Lazadude]

No actual issues, 2 bugbears though:

I hate the UI, it's all rounded and vile.
I hate the new clock location in the top left.

[ZesPak]

Doofus said:

So why, when you look at the software information on your device, does it use numbers, and not those names?

I had to Google it this morning to find out that I've only just got Oreo. Otherwise known as version 8.

Bunch of cutesy tts...

Many products have both "common names" and version numbers though. Look at your office 2013, which is actually 15.0. Current version number 16.0 will be carried through to Office 2019.

Often these can be minor updates. That's why we're at version 9 but on the 16th letter of the alphabet, much like a facelift in the car world, to the general public, that phone or that year version will be released with "Kit Kat", which, just like ICS and Jellybean, was version 4.x.
In the car world, car people know that "MY2018 was just a facelift", but to the general public it's a new car...

[AJB88]

Been running 9 or Pie on my Pixel XL 2 as a beta and also stable since it became stable with no issues.

[Bibbs]

Got it, and One UI on my S8+.
Apart from a dark mode, I cant really see any changes.

[hutchst]

Its been on my S9 for a couple of weeks, so I'm used to it now. But none of the WiFi widgets work yet with ID of which network I'm connected to. They can switch WiFi on and off, but can't identify the network, which is a bit of a pain because I've got more than one network in my flat, and in my office.

[grumbledoak]

My MI A2 downloaded it last night. I can't see the difference.

[Newc]

hutchst said:

Its been on my S9 for a couple of weeks, so I'm used to it now. But none of the WiFi widgets work yet with ID of which network I'm connected to. They can switch WiFi on and off, but can't identify the network, which is a bit of a pain because I've got more than one network in my flat, and in my office.

Google has a new "we must know where you are at all times in order to sell your information more lucratively" restriction on WiFi access, which is messing up lots of widget and automation apps. You have to have location services on at all times now and the individual apps must also be permissioned for location.

[king arthur]

I knew it would muck something up. It's knocked out the Wifi calling, which was working perfectly before.

[snake_oil]

cobra kid said:

Is it a fancy name for 9?

If so, it's been seamless on my P20

I'm also worried about upgrading as I'm super happy with the battery life on my Pro but these things have a tendency to lunch the battery (killed my 6P)

[king arthur]

Oh hang on, no it hasn't, it just turned it off in the settings for some reason.

[hutchst]

Newc said:

Google has a new "we must know where you are at all times in order to sell your information more lucratively" restriction on WiFi access, which is messing up lots of widget and automation apps. You have to have location services on at all times now and the individual apps must also be permissioned for location.

Oh well, that's me boogered. Where I live all internet traffic is heavily censored and monitored, so some of my traffic has to go through VPNs. I'll just have to do it the old fashioned way.