In April 2021, LG announced what was arguably one of the company’s most unexpected moves, but has become too mainstream of late. LG was no longer going to be a player in the smartphone industry.
With that, it was official that the world was not going to see another LG Velvet, LG ThinQ or any new device for that matter. Fortunately, the company’s existing devices were still going to be supported as originally planned.
The company has successfully rolled out the Android 11-based LG UX 10 to many of its eligible devices and you can read more about it in our dedicated LG Android 11 tracker.
In March, we saw the company announce their Android 11 update schedule which outlined the roadmap for devices like the LG Velvet 5G / 4G, LG G8X / S, LG WING, LG K52. and the LG K42.
The roadmap indicated that the LG G8X ThinQ would be updated to Android 11 during the second quarter of 2021. This quarter went without any word from the company in this regard, much to the frustration of device owners. .
When are you going to roll out Android 11 update for LG G8X ThinQ. We are looking forward to it.
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While the update didn’t arrive in the promised quarter, there is finally light at the end of the seemingly endless tunnel as new developments now suggest the update is imminent.
LG has finally released the Android 11 source code for the LG G8X ThinQ. With that, it’s probably only a matter of time before the stable update is finally sent to the device.
Since the LG G8X ThinQ comes with Android 9 out of the box and has since been updated to Android 10, this is likely to be the last official update the device will get from. LG.
The release of this source code could mean continued support for this fairly capable device even beyond its official support period, all thanks to the developer community.
We will continue to monitor this development and update as we get more information or a stable official rollout, so stay tuned to our LG Android 11 tracker.
Many thanks to our reader, a Pawan Godara for this tip. Keep it up!
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