LG has already released Android 7.0 Nougat update to the LG G5 smartphones in the South Korean tech market. LG G5 users are getting update notifications to bring-in the Android 7.0 Nougat update in South Korea.

It is reported that the company has confirmed the availibility of Android 7.0 Nougat update for LG G5 owners of other tech markets in weeks to come. According to Neuro Gadget, LG G5 owners in the United States and other areas may get the update before the year ends or even before the holiday season.

Few tips to update the LG G5 smartphone with Android 7.0 Nougat;

  • User is expected to receive a download notification of Android 7.0 Nougat update or else user can check manually for the availability of an update just by clicking on phone Settings then choosing "About phone", and by tapping on "System updates".
  • If seen with a message that Android 7.0 Nougat is available, then user shall select the "Yes, I'm in" option to download the update.
  • Then, user shall choose "Install now", LG G5 will automatically restart once installation is finished.

Five best features that will be packed with Android 7.0 Nougat update are;

Multi Window tasking: According to BGR Google has made a good introduction of multi tasking facility in its new version of Android 7.0 Nougat. The users can now open two apps side by side, thus allowing watching Youtube videos simultaneously with Facebook activities or emails with twitter notifications and much more.

This feature will give a real feel for the multi tasking abilities of smart phones. The two apps working simultaneously will divide the screen half by half for easy usage.

Improved security: Security is one of the basic needs in smart phones currently. Keeping data private and secure is very important. New feature in Android 7.0 Nougat update will keep the security risks at high importance. 

The basic apps like phone calls, text messages or Alarms are made available without password or pins. The other apps are indeed made secure until and unless password or pins are inserted in.

In Android 7.0 Nougat, the access of apps is made limited based on the user's requirement and denies access to whole external storage or internal storages unnecessarily.

The geo-location API is allowed over secure origins, this policy is designed to secure the information of the users when accessed to unknown internet sources.

Virtual reality: Google made an effort to unify the mobile VR experience, by creating the Daydream hardware and software platform for virtual reality. This made ease for the developers to build one VR app or experience that will work across all Android devices.

Power Saver: Android Nougat's new "Doze on the Go" feature is a battery power saving feature while the phone is in motion, anytime the display is off and a Project Svelte feature stops apps from waking up each time a device's network connection status changes.

Mobile data usage: The biggest concern is the apps running at background and consuming a lot of Mobile data which in turn disappoints the current mobile user generations. Android 7.0 Nougat has a new feature added in it.

The data saving setting blocks, the random background data usages and restricts data consuming on updating emails and Facebook or twitter notifications.