Home
Mobiles
Mobiles News
LG Reveals Android 11 Update Rollout Roadmap, LG Velvet, LG G8X ThinQ, LG K52, to Get It Starting April

LG Reveals Android 11 Update Rollout Roadmap, LG Velvet, LG G8X ThinQ, LG K52, to Get It Starting April

LG G8X ThinQ launched in September 2019 running Android 9 and was updated to Android 10 in September 2020.

By Vineet Washington | Updated: 11 March 2021 14:48 IST

LG Reveals Android 11 Update Rollout Roadmap, LG Velvet, LG G8X ThinQ, LG K52, to Get It Starting April

LG Wing will get Android 11 in Q4 2021

Highlights

LG Velvet 4G and LG G8S ThinQ will be updated to Android 11 by Q3 2021
LG K52 and LG K42 will get the update by Q4 2021
LG G8X ThinQ will receive Android 11 update by Q2 2021

LG has shared a timeline for the rollout of Android 11 to some of its phones in the European market. Till now, only a couple of LG phones have received Android 11 including the LG Velvet 5G in South Korea. Now, it looks like the company will be pushing the update to some of its other smartphones including the LG G8X, LG Wing, LG K52, LG K42, and more for users in the European market. While other regions can be expected to get updates in roughly the same timeframe, there is no information at this point of exactly when that will be.

As per a post on the company's Germany website, Android 11 is currently being tested on several smartphones including the LG Velvet's 5G and 4G models, LG G8X ThinQ, LG G8S ThinQ, LG Wing, LG K52, and LG K42. The LG Velvet 5G will be the first to receive the update by April 2021. The South Korean version of the LG Velvet 5G was reportedly updated to Android 11 at the beginning of February.

The LG G8X ThinQ is schedule to receive Android 11 update by Q2 2021 so sometime before June ends. The LG Velvet 4G and LG G8S ThinQ will be updated by Q3 2021 so before the end of September. Lastly, LG Wing, LG K52, and LG K42 will get the update by Q4 2021 so by the end of the year.

Samsung Wins Patent for a Tri-Fold Smartphone With Specialised Barrier Layer for Improved Durability

LG hasn't been the best at pushing out updates to its phones and while the LG Wing, LG K42, LG K52 and the Velvet phones are relatively new, the LG G8S ThinQ launched in February 2019 and the LG G8X ThinQ launched in September 2019. The LG G8X ThinQ was updated to Android 10 in September last year with the LG G8S ThinQ updated in October.

The company launched the LG W41 series of smartphones in February this year and they came with Android 10 with no information on being updated to Android 11.

LG Gram 360 With Intel Tiger Lake CPU, 360-Degree Hinge Design Launched

Is LG Wing's unique design alone enough to help it succeed in India? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.

LG Velvet

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Clean software
Decent cameras
Dual-screen functionality if you buy the accessory

Bad
Dated processor
Slow charging

Read detailed LG Velvet review

Display 6.80-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 48-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 5-megapixel

RAM 8GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 4300mAh

OS Android 10

Resolution 1080x2460 pixels

More LG mobiles LG mobiles price in India

LG Velvet (Snapdragon 845)

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display (Primary) 6.80-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 48-megapixel + 8-megapixel + 5-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 4300mAh

OS Android 10

Resolution 1080x2460 pixels

More LG mobiles LG mobiles price in India

LG G8X ThinQ

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Dual-screen accessory is included
Very good battery life
Clean software
Great overall performance

Bad
Iffy in-display fingerprint scanner
Charging isn’t very quick

Read detailed LG G8X ThinQ review

Display (Primary) 6.40-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Front Camera 32-megapixel

Rear Camera 12-megapixel + 13-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 4000mAh

OS Android 9 Pie

Resolution 1080x2340 pixels

More LG mobiles LG mobiles price in India

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.