Do you have Android 7 on your mobile phone?
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
February 24, 2017 11:22am CST
The release of Android 7 to mobiles began last October, but with a schedule to release it to different phones at different times.
My mobile is the Sony Xperia Z5 compact and was due to be updated this January. However, some bugs were discovered and the release was delayed until last week. As a result I only got the update this morning. Being a major update it took a while to install, so I simply put the mobile to one side and concentrated on Mylot.
The update is now complete, but apart from a minor difference in icon appearance I cannot find anything new about the system. I checked online, but without much success. I expected some significant changes, yet cannot see anything new.
To those now using Android 7, have you noticed anything different to the previous version?
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
26 Feb 17
I have an iPhone. But normally when they do updates I don't see much difference.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Feb 17
@Jeanniemaries That sounds very much like Apple. Usually a version upgrade with Android is significant.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
26 Feb 17
@Asylum Oh they do, and it's always a biiiiig deal. But I never really see much difference. It is really more like tweaking the system. But it's heralded like the Second Coming.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
27 Feb 17
I have never upgraded my phone till now. I still press those keys but must say I am well ahead of many who have the most sophisticated devices (lol)
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Feb 17
@allknowing I use neither of those either.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
27 Feb 17
@Asylum I have absolutely no issues. I do not even have a skype connection, neither whatsapp. My life is in no way hampered.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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28 Feb 17
I'm not sure, I'll check it out see if I have. I have a Samsung J5 2016 model.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Feb 17
@kevin1877uk Many got the release last year.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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28 Feb 17
@Asylum Just checked, still on 6 but I believe due to upgrade to 7 by the second quarter of the year.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
24 Feb 17
@Asylum As I got a new phone at the start of January, it came with some version of 6.x. My previous phone was on 4.4. I was just getting to grips with the new phone when 7.0 landed on it about 3 weeks after I got it, and still don't know what was a 6 feature and what has been put on it by the 7.0 upgrade. Ah well, I do quite like the smoother response of my OnePlus 3T, it has to be said, regardless of the version of Android that powers it - better than my 3yr old htc one mini.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Feb 17
I have an iPhone so don't get Android updates. But I find the same thing for most updates, not much changes.
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@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
25 Feb 17
If you saw my phone you would laugh. Its an old flip phone and all it can do is make calls & text. My grandchildren call it the Flintstone phone 
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 17
I have just checked mine but it is still 6.1
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Feb 17
To my knowledge mine isn't the newest version. I'd have to look. I doubt that I have enough memory or space for it. I ave a Verizon ellipsis.
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