Last year, Motorola introduced the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus successors, the Moto G5S and Moto G5S Plus. The phones were unveiled with Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box, but were later confirmed by the company to receive Android 8.1 Oreo update.. The Lenovo-owned company has fulfilled its promised after all. Currently, the Moto G5S Plus has started receiving the Android 8.1 Oreo update. Motorola seems to have skipped the Android 8.0 version and has jumped directly to Android 8.1. As of now, only the high-end variant of the Moto G5S Plus has been bestowed with Oreo update. The company is yet to reveal the rollout timeline for other variants and the Moto G5S.
Moto G5S Plus: How To Install Android 8.1 Oreo update
It must be noted that once you install the Android 8.1 update on your Moto G5S Plus, there is no going back. You won’t be able to back track to the previous version, mentions Motorola on its website.
For installing the new update, make sure your phone’s battery is at least 50% charged and you are connected to a stable Wi-Fi network. If you have not received the notification pop up as of now, you will need to check for the update manually by heading to Settings > System Update. The system will then check for the update and notify whether your phone has received it or not. If yes, then go ahead and install it.
Moto G5S Plus: What’s New in Android 8.1 Oreo update
The new update for the Moto G5S Plus brings a slew of enhancements including multitasking features, efficient notification controls, improved data saver and battery features, new power menu UI and Bluetooth improvements. Additionally, the Moto G5S Plus also gets the latest Android security patch for June making it the first smartphone to get it, since Google hasn’t released any update for it as of now. And that’s all, you get it in this latest Android version. For now, we are not quite sure if the update has started rolling out the users in India. If you have received the update, we would like to know your thoughts on what changes and improvement you are seeing on the Moto G5S Plus. Do check out the source link to know more.
Retrieving the specs sheet of Moto G5S Plus, it features a 5.5-inch IPS LCD screen with Full HD resolution. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset clubbed with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded via microSD card slot. For optics, the phone settles for a dual rear-facing camera with two 13-megapixel shooters. On the front, the phones sports an 8-megapixel selfie camera with a fixed-focus lens and an LED flash. A 3000mAh battery backs the device with support for fast charging.