If you have been using Android phones for several years and your Pocophone F4 is not your first smartphone, you have certainly seen many changes to the operating system. Each new update offers its share of specificities and improvements, however first of all, you must know which Android version is installed on your Pocophone F4?

To do this, we will first learn what it is for updating your Android phone, then, the technique for knowing the Android version of your Pocophone F4, and, finally, how to update your Smartphone. .

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What is the point of updating Android on Pocophone F4?

We start our article by showing you the advantages of make regular Android updates on your Pocophone F4. As we explained to you quickly 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 advantageous for your mobile phone.

Also, the more versions of Android advance, the more features are added to the system. For example, we will now find the possibility of saving applications on the SD card by default, of making Slowmotion videos on Pocophone F4, whereas a few years ago it was totally unreal, except through a specific application…

In short, whether for reasons of performance or features , we strongly recommend that you update Android if the version on your Pocophone F4 is too old. Nevertheless, we regularly hear that updates slow down cell phones , updates are frequently attributed to planned obsolescence, despite everything, it is rather in connection with the internal memory of a mobile phone that you will feel the slowdown, and not because of the updates. We therefore advise you above all to clean the memory of your Pocophone F4 to always keep around 10% of free storage.

How to find out the Android version installed on your Pocophone F4?

After showing you the advantages of updates, we will explain the technique to find out the version of Android installed on your Pocophone F4. This is useful if you are trying to use recent Android features and are not sure if they are available on your mobile phone. To check the current version of Android on your Pocophone F4, nothing could be simpler:

  • You turn to the » Parameter  »Of your Pocophone F4
  • Then in the menu » About the phone “, depending on the Android version of your Pocophone F4, it may happen 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 mobile phone

How to update Android on Pocophone F4?

Finally, now that you know how to check the version of the operating system installed on your Pocophone F4, you can move on to the practical part, and if you want and if you have enough storage space, update your Pocophone F4 to Android. There are two ways to do this for downloading, either via Wi-Fi or directly with your internet package. If you ever have update problems on your Pocophone F4 during the operation, we invite you to browse our article.

Update Android without Wi-Fi on Pocophone F4

First of the solutions, and the one we recommend the most, update the Android version of your Pocophone F4 with Wi-Fi. We suggest doing it like this, because depending on the update that you are going to download, it will go from a few tens of megabytes to several gigas. Your internet package may take a big hit depending on your subscription. If ever, despite everything, you have checked the size of the update and you still want to do it, you will have to go to:

  •  » Settings  »Of your Pocophone F4
  • In the menu " Software update  »
  • Click on " Download and installation  »
  • Start the update if it is available and confirm that you want to do it without Wi-Fi

Update Android on your Pocophone F4 with Wi-Fi

Second solution and the one recommended by our editorial staff. If you have ever checked the Android version of your Pocophone F4 and it is too old, it will therefore be time to upgrade to the newer version of the operating system. To avoid any too much data consumption it makes sense to update Android over Wi-Fi, because they can occasionally, depending on the version, do several gigabytes. Let's go:

  • See you in the » Settings  »Of your Pocophone F4
  • At the bottom of the list click on » Software update  »
  • Make sure that the option " Auto download via Wi-Fi  »Be activated
  • Now click on » Download and installation  »To start the procedure

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