Essential Phone Archives

Android

New update alert: Realme C1/2, Realme Band, Mi MIX 2S, Redmi 7A, Redmi 8A, Pinephone (Android 10), Galaxy S9 & Essential Phone

Well then! A new day and a new set of devices are in line to receive some updates. Notably, the Realme C1, Realme 2, Realme Band, Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S...

Apr 14, 2020 4 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone (PH-1) unofficial LineageOS 17.1 based on Android 10 now available, Asus ROG Phone 2 Android 10 kernel source released

Essential Phone is a company that has a pretty simple story of rising to fame and biting the dust. The company was headed by the co-founder of Android Andy...

Mar 13, 2020 2 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone (PH-1) running Android 11 (Android R) makes an appearance at Geekbench

Software updates is an area that has troubled the Android world for years. For a long time, only the Google Nexus devices were worth considering for anyone into timely software...

Mar 05, 2020 1 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone (PH-1) will not receive updates anymore as company is shutting down

Andy Rubin, one of the cofounders of Android, parted ways with Android and brought in a new smartphone under the name Essential. Essential Phone PH-1 is probably the first...

Feb 13, 2020 2 Min Read

Android

Google Pixel series & Essential Phone get February 2020 update, Camera, Assistant, and NFC fixes included

It is February 2020 and several devices are already receiving the February 2020 patch update. Interestingly, the first batch came from Samsung, and Google’s own devices as well...

Feb 04, 2020 2 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone January 2020 security update goes live, bundles audio improvements

There were a few OEMs that were up on their toes to push the Android 10 update right away after its launch. And among those few, was Essential. Not...

Jan 07, 2020 2 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone December update rolls out with gesture support for 3rd-party launchers (Download links inside)

The release of Android 10 Beta 5 came with the shocking removal of the ability to use the operating system’s full gesture navigation method in third-party launchers...

Dec 03, 2019 2 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone memory leak & slowdown bug apparently fixed in the latest November security update

Essential Phone was among the first devices to receive the stable version of Android 10, the latest and greatest from Google. The search giant pushed the OS in early September...

Nov 05, 2019 2 Min Read

Android

[Now rolling out] Several Sprint users have yet to receive Android 10 update on their Essential Phone

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story……. Original story (published on October 17, 2019) follows: Essential recently teased its second-generation smartphone that should come to...

Oct 22, 2019 3 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone (PH-1) October security update hits units

If you want to give credit to any smartphone brand for bringing in the notch display, then it has to be the Essential phone. Yes, notches have become a bit...

Oct 08, 2019 2 Min Read

Android

Essential Phone Android 10 first hotfix update with the solution for VoLTE issues goes live

Google surprised everyone by omitting the tradition of naming Android iterations after desserts. Days after the announcement, Android 10 went live. Along with the name, the company revamped the way...

Sep 13, 2019 2 Min Read

Android

Redmi K20 Pro, Essential Phone & Google Pixels get Android 10 update on launch day

When Google published September 2019 security updates based on Android Q about two weeks ago, it was evident that the stable version would begin rolling out in early September. True...

Sep 04, 2019 3 Min Read