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HONOR says the HONOR 8 won’t receive Android Oreo
Jul 16, 2025
HUAWEI and its sub-brand HONOR have never been great when it comes to software rollouts, typicallylagging behindmany of the other major Android OEMs. Recent news from HONOR suggests worse than just another sluggish update deployment, though: it looks like theHONOR 8may never see its next upgrade.
In a tweet from theHONOR India Twitter channel(viaGSMArena), HONOR responded to a user question to state that the HONOR 8, which arrived with Android Marshmallow in mid-2016, wouldn’t get Oreo due to “hardware and software limitations.”
We’ve seen wonky information from social channels many times in the past, so there’s a chance this is simply a mix-up. Further, it may only apply to the Indian market, meaning the update could still roll out elsewhere (though that’s fairly unlikely given that India is such a big market for HONOR/Huawei).
That being said, it wouldn’t be a surprise if the HONOR didn’t get Oreo—despite that it would be within the suggested 24-month update cycle. HUAWEI isn’t particularly strict about ensuring all devices get two major Android updates, and the smartphone was recently missing from anEMUI 8.0 update list(which is based on Oreo) that we received from HUAWEI via email.
The “hardware and software limitations” may just be a way of saying HONOR doesn’t want to invest the resources in delivering the update—instead, choosing to prioritize newer phones. If it’s accurate, though, this could rule out Oreo for theHUAWEI Mate 8andHONOR V8too. Both of those phones feature the same Kirin 950 chip that could be holding the update back.
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