In the event that you have been using Android smartphones for some time and your Huawei P9 is not your first smartphone, you have surely seen a lot of developments in the operating system. Each new update brings its share of specificities and improvements, but above all, you should know What is the Android version installed on your Huawei P9?

For this, we will first learn what is the point of updating your Android phone, and then, the process to know the Android version of your Huawei P9, and, finally, how to update. day of his Smartphone.

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What is the point of updating Android on Huawei P9?

We start by consequently our tutorial by exposing you the advantages of make regular Android updates on your Huawei P9. As we told you briefly in the introduction, it is essential to update the system of your mobile phone so that it works properly. In fact, first and foremost, Android updates are there for fix bugs. Switching to the newer Android version will therefore always be beneficial for your phone.

In addition, the more the versions of Android advance, the more functions added to the system are numerous. For example, we will now find the ability to record applications on the SD card by default, to make videos in Slowmotion on Huawei P9, whereas a few times ago it was completely unreal, except through an application dedicated ...

In short, whether for reasons of performance or features , we strongly recommend that you update Android if the version on your Huawei P9 is too old. That said, at times we hear that updates slow down phones , we attribute at times the updates to the planned obsolescence, however, it is rather because of the internal memory of a mobile phone that you will feel slowing down, and not because of the updates. We therefore recommend that you especially clean the memory of your Huawei P9 to always keep around 10% of storage free.

How to know the Android version installed on my Huawei P9?

After having given you the advantages of the updates, we will explain the process to find out the version of Android installed on your Huawei P9. This is essential if you are trying to use recent Android features and are not sure whether they are available on your mobile phone. To control the current version of Android on your Huawei P9, it's easy:

  • Access the » Parameter  »Of your Huawei P9
  • Then in the menu » About the phone ", It sometimes happens depending on the Android version of your Huawei P9 that you have to go through the tab first" System  »
  • Finally either discover directly the » Android version ", Otherwise go through" Software Information  " to get there
  • You will have on this line the Android version installed on your phone

How to update Android on Huawei P9?

Finally, now that you know how to control the version of the operating system installed on your Huawei P9, you can move on to the practical part, and if you want and if you have sufficient memory, update your Huawei P9 to Android. There are two ways to do this for downloading, either via Wi-Fi or directly with your internet package. In the event that you have problems updating your Huawei P9 during the procedure, we invite you to consult our tutorial.

Update Android without Wi-Fi on Huawei P9

First of the solutions, and the one we recommend the most, update the Android version of your Huawei P9 with Wi-Fi. We suggest doing it like this, because depending on the update that you are going to install, it will go from a few tens of megabytes to several gigabytes. You risk consuming a good part of your internet package depending on your subscription. In the event that, however, you have controlled the size of the update and you still want to achieve it, you will have to access:

  •  » Settings  »Of your Huawei P9
  • In the menu " Software update  »
  • Click on " Download and installation  »
  • Launch the update if it is available and confirm that you want to do it without Wi-Fi

Update Android on your Huawei P9 with Wi-Fi

Second solution and the one recommended by our editorial staff. If you have checked the Android version of your Huawei P9 Lite and it is outdated, it will be time to upgrade to the more recent version of the operating system. To avoid any too much data consumption it makes sense to update Android over Wi-Fi, since they can frequently, depending on the versions, do several gigabytes. Let's go:

  • Go to the " Settings  »Of your Huawei P9
  • At the bottom of the list click on » Software update  »
  • Check that the option " Auto download via Wi-Fi  »Be activated
  • Now click on » Download and installation  »To start the process

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Huawei P9, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Huawei P9.