Android 8.1 Oreo started rolling out for Phones

San Fransico, March 15: Android 8.1 Oreo has officially started rolling out for Essential Phone, less than a month after the company released a beta version of the software.

"Essential is making good on a promise and rolling out an official Android 8.1 update to the PH-1. It has seen quite a few updates since its debut but major updates have been minimal, to say the least," 9to5Google reported late on Tuesday.

The software update brings smartphone from Android 7.1 Nougat Operating System (OS) to Android 8.1 along with the March security patch.

"Essential hasn't added any bloat or changes to the surface of Android Oreo, instead giving us the same great features we've come to expect from Oreo, like picture-in-picture and more," the report added.