Google Sends Final Software Update To Legacy Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P Phones

Google has pushed out the final 'guaranteed' official software update for Nexus devices. According to Hot Hardware, the November update for both the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P 'carries the final build number of OPM7.181105.004, running Android 8.1 Oreo.' From the report: The last Nexus smartphones to launch from Google were the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, which debuted in late 2015. Under Google's three-year update policy, both smartphones have received two major Android releases (Android 7.0 Nougat in 2016 and Android 8.0 Oreo in 2017) along with three years of monthly security updates. The monthly security updates should have ended in September, but Google out of nowhere provided a two-month reprieve through November 2018.

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