The Nougat-based EMUI 5.0 release for the Huawei Honor 8 in new regions

If you didn't know, Huawei subsidiary Honor had previously announced that the EMUI 5.0 release program will be expanded to more regions for the Huawei Honor 8. And thankfully now the company has started rolling out the update in the US.

Rest assured, this is not a false alarm because the company announced this via their Twitter handle of Honor USA:

EMUI 5.0 is coming to Honor 8 from Feb 11th! Check out the new App Drawer on EMUI 5! Excited? https://t.co/aH8oKwqOK6
— Honor USA (@Honor_USA) February 9, 2017

What to look forward to in this update?

Aside from the known features that come with the Nougat update like: Night Mode, Bundled notification, Enhanced security, multi-window options and improved battery optimization; we have some new fetures that come with EMUI 5.0 itself like: Aegean landscape interface, 90% of core operation completed in three steps, running three profiles in parallel, reducing mis-touches, app lock, intelligent power management, an advanced level of machine-learning ability to make the phone able to allocate the resources according to its need and prioritize apps based on user behavior.

So it seems like we will be having a more advanced mobile phone that knows exactly what you want and when you want it.

How can you install this update?

The installation procedure that you have to go through is pretty simple, it's so easy that you will know how to do it without even following this, but in case you want to know, here you go:

First things first, when you get the update notification on the phone's screen, select "Yest, I'm in."
Now the software will start downloading and once it is done, select "Install now."
Once the software is installed, your phone will do an automatic reboot.
Guess what you're done, I told you it is simple

What if I am not an Honor user?

This update is not Honor exclusive, there are other Huawei devices out there that are eligible to get the Nougat-based EMUI 5 like the Huawei P9, P9 Plus and the Huawei Mate 8.

Stay tuned for more updates regarding the release schedule for the Huawei devices.

Kailash Sadhikar

An engineering undergrad student who loves all things tech. He has a soft spot for Android.