Few weeks back, Essential gave its fans some mixed news which stated that they are delaying the Essential Phone’s (PH-1) Oreo update however, they are trying to make up for it by directly releasing the Android 8.1 update. The delay surely left its thousands of users disappointed but the thought of jumping directly to Android 8.1 was enough to get them excited.
After much wait, Essential has finally pushed the Android 8.1 Oreo Beta update over the air and it is available for download. This new update comes with some much needed fixes like dynamic calendar and clock icons, scrolling jitter fix, and more. It also comes with the February 2018 Google Security Patch which makes it one of the first few companies other than Google to push this onto their models.
This new update comes for those users who are already running a Beta update on their device. If you are one of the Beta testers, then you should easily spot an update for Android 8.1 Beta in the upcoming days. If you do not happen to be an Essential Phone (PH-1) user running the Beta program, then you can become one by registering on this link here.
For weeks the users had been complaining about the shaky scrolling while using the Essential Phone (PH-1), and the company seems to have taken notice of it. They have included a fix for this problem in their new update. Even though the casual Essential Phone users will need to wait a few more weeks for the official update to come out, but it is a welcome news that they have already finished with the Beta update.
Another huge news revealed by Essential this week was that they will finally release their famous device in one of the most unique colours – Ocean Depths. As far as colour tone is concerned, this variant promises to be far more elite than any other colour. Even though this version was introduced with the others, but it had remained unavailable until now.
