If you have been using Android smartphones for several years and your Pocophone M4 is not your first smartphone, you have surely seen many changes to the operating system. Each new update brings its share of features and improvements, however, first of all, you must know what is the Android version installed on your Pocophone M4?
In this context, we will first learn what it is for updating your Android smartphone, and then, the technique for knowing the Android version of your Pocophone M4, and, finally, how to update. of his smartphone.
What is the point of updating Android on Pocophone M4?
We therefore start our article by presenting the advantages of make regular Android updates on your Pocophone M4. As we told you briefly in the introduction, it is essential to update the system of your phone so that it works properly. Indeed, above all, Android updates are there for fix bugs. Switching to the newer Android version will therefore always be advantageous for your 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 M4, whereas a few years ago it was completely inconceivable, except through an application. specific…
In short, whether for reasons of performance or features , we really recommend that you update Android if the version on your Pocophone M4 is too old. However, we sometimes hear that updates slow down phones , we often attribute the updates to planned obsolescence, despite everything, it is rather in connection with the internal memory of a telephone that you will notice slowdowns, and not because of the updates. We therefore advise you above all to clean the memory of your Pocophone M4 to always keep around 10% of free storage.
How to know the Android version installed on your Pocophone M4?
After giving you the benefits of updates, we will explain the technique to know the version of Android installed on your Pocophone M4. This is important if you're trying to use recent Android features and aren't sure if they're available on your phone. To check the current version of Android on your Pocophone M4, nothing could be simpler:
- Access the » Parameter » of your Pocophone M4
- Then in the menu » About the phone “, depending on the Android version of your Pocophone M4, you may have to go through the tab first” System »
- To finish 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 Pocophone M4?
Finally, now that you know how to check the version of the operating system installed on your Pocophone M4, you can move on to the practical part, and if you wish and if you ever have enough storage space, perform the Android update of your Pocophone M4. In this context, two techniques for downloading, either through Wi-Fi or directly with your internet package. If you have update problems on your Pocophone M4 during the operation, we invite you to look at our article.
Update Android without Wi-Fi on Pocophone M4
First of the solutions, and the one we recommend the most, update the Android version of your Pocophone M4 with Wi-Fi. We suggest doing it like this, because depending on the update you are going to install, 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 despite everything you have checked the size of the update and you still want to do it, you will have to access:
- » Settings » of your Pocophone M4
- In the menu " Software update »
- Click on " Download and installation »
- Launch the update if it is ever available and confirm that you want to do it without Wi-Fi
Update Android on your Pocophone M4 with Wi-Fi
Second solution and the one recommended by our team. If you have checked the Android version of your Pocophone M4 and it is too old, now is the time to upgrade to the newer operating system version. To avoid any too much data consumption it is rational to update Android over Wi-Fi, since they can sometimes, depending on the version, do several gigabytes. Let's go:
- Go to the " Settings » of your Pocophone M4
- At the bottom of the list click on » Software update »
- Check that the option " Auto download via Wi-Fi »Be checked
- Now click on » Download and installation »To start the process
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