Android 7.1.1 Nougat Overhaul Rolling Out to Nexus, Pixel Devices With December Security Patch

After discharging Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview 2 for Nexus and Pixel gadgets, Google has begun revealing the final version Android 7.1.1 Nougat overhaul for compatible gadgets. The new Android 7.1.1 upgrade additionally incorporates the organization's monthly security update for December.

The new Android 7.1.1 is being touted as "an update to Nougat" by Google. This Android 7.1.1 overhaul will be available throughout the following few weeks to the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus Player, Pixel C and General Mobile 4G (Android One) gadgets. The organization says that the Android 7.1.1 redesign will be rolled out over-the-air (OTA) and the gadgets enlisted in the Android Beta Program will likewise get this final version.

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Google has additionally discharged Android 7.1.1 factory images and OTA files for compatible gadgets. The Android 7.1.1 Nougat upgrade will include new emojis that will reflect gender equality. Remarkably, Google had beforehand declared to include a huge number of female emoji characters. With the Android 7.1.1 Nougat redesign, Google has included gender counterparts for emoji characters that beforehand just had male or female representation. Also, Google's new set of emojis that was launched with the Pixel smartphones will now be accessible to all compatible devices running Android Nougat.

Aside from emojis, Google is also including support for GIF pictures specifically from the keyboard on supported applications. Some of the apps that will bolster GIF pictures through Google Allo, Google Messenger, and Hangouts. The Android 7.1.1 Nougat upgrade additionally brings application app shortcuts directly from home screen. Users can launch actions on any applications by just long pressing the app icon.

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"When we launched Android Nougat, we were excited to deliver even more ways to make Android your own. Today we're rolling out Android 7.1.1, an update to Nougat that showcases more ways to express yourself, along with a handful of other sweet features and improvements to stability and performance. Android 7.1.1 brings many of the cool features of Pixel to everyone," wrote Agustin Fonts, Product Manager, Android in a blog post.

The organization has also packaged its monthly security patch with Android 7.1.1 Nougat - for the month of December - bringing fixes for basic security vulnerabilities in device-specific code that could enable arbitrary code execution within the context of the kernel and can lead to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise. Google clarifies, "Supported Google devices will receive a single OTA update with the December 05, 2016 security patch level."

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