Android 7.0 Nougat Update To Motorola Smartphones, Google Confirms

Smartphones like the LG Nexus 5X, Huawei Nexus 6P and the Pixel C tablet was first to enjoy the benefits of Google's latest Android Operating System. Motorola owners meanwhile still left in the dark and are now asking when their devices will chew the Nougat. Well, the company says "soon."

In an interview with Droid Life, a Motorola representative said that the Nougat, or more commonly known to the tech world as Android 7.0 will reach "the Moto Z family and Moto G4 beginning in Q4". This would mean that Moto Z, Moto Z Force, Moto Z Play, Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus users should have the update in the following days.

Lenovo, who acquired Motorola from Google in October 2014, has been keeping a tight lid on the issue, but Neuro Gadget said that experts believe that Motorola is the next in line to receive the new Android 7.0 Nougat update. Last year, Motorola Smartphones received the Android Marshmallow shortly after Google first released it to their Nexus lineup. If the trend follows, "there is definitely a chance" that Motorola will be getting the Nougat "anytime soon."

Neuro Gadget also listed the Moto X, Moto X Style and Moto X Force in the Nougat update list for November. Other devices such as the Moto G4 Play and the third generations of the Moto G and Moto E will be scheduled "later on, perhaps early next year."

Other models like the Moto X Pure Edition and the Moto G roster, on the other hand, are still pending, said Motorola, but they will "share upgrade plans for other products and more specific timing later." The second generation Moto X won't be included since its processor is not compatible with new Nougat update.

Sources also said that these are only "tentative schedules" and that neither Lenovo nor Google have yet to release an official statement on the update. In addition, Google will only roll out the source codes of the Nougat to Smartphone manufacturers "later this month", and it should require them a "substantial amount of time" to customize the codes.