Almost seven months after Google originally released Android 7.1.1 Nougat, Sony has finally begun to roll it out to the Xperia Z5 family, Z4 Tablet, and Z3 Plus, including the latest security patches.
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After upgrading its Xperia Z5, Z4 Tablet and Z3+ to Android 7.0 Nougat last month, Sony has commenced its rollout of the latest Android security patches for all three of those devices.
After suspending its Nougat rollout for the Xperia Z5, Z4 Tablet and Z3+ last month - due to 'inconsistencies' in the OS - Sony has announced that Android 7.0 is now available for those devices again.
After beginning its Android 7.0 rollout for the Xperia Z5 family, Xperia Z4 Tablet, and Xperia Z3+ last week, Sony has pulled the update, citing 'inconsistencies' that it's working to fix.
Sony expanded its Nougat upgrade program to include the Xperia Z5 family earlier this week - and it's now begun rolling out Android 7.0 to the Xperia Z3+... with last month's security updates.
Sony has officially launched its Android 7.0 upgrade program, publishing details of what to expect, along with a complete list of all of the devices that will be eligible for its Nougat update.
Sony has confirmed that it's expanding availability of its Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for several of its Xperia devices - and it's already available to install for some of them in various markets.
Sony has announced availability of Android 6.0 for the Xperia Z5 series in its home market of Japan, and its Marshmallow rollout will continue next week in the UK for the Z5 and other Xperia devices.
Sony's latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z4v, will be launching in the United States exclusively on Verizon on August 13th and the microsite for the device has now gone live.
Sony has acknowledged the overheating issue with the newly launched, Snapdragon 810-equipped, Xperia Z3+, and has promised to release a software update to address it in the near future.
Sony announced an evolutionary update to its last year's flagship today with the Xperia Z3+ which retains the size and the design of the original Z3 while improving the internal specs.
