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When the owners of Nexus is now available the final assembly of Android 7.0, all regretfully convinced that incredibly popular and loved by many Nexus 5 is no longer supported and will not receive the OS upgrade. Despite the efforts of developers, the official version of Android Nougat is not for this device. And it seems, not only for him but also for other smartphone with a processor Snapdragon 800/801.

Nexus 5 runs fine on Android Marshmallow. Most likely, the new version of Android it would be perfectly mastered. Why Nexus 5, it does not get? It is believed that the reason was the Vulkan API in Android 7.0, designed to improve performance in games for Android.

Qualcomm company did not release drivers for graphics Snapdragon 800/801, which makes updating difficult. It is possible that for this reason, Nexus 5, HTC One M8, and many other devices for these popular chips will not get the official update to Android 7.0.

Who else? LG G2, LG G3, Samsung Galaxy S5, Moto X of the second generation, OnePlus X, ZTE Axon and even Sony Xperia Z3

. Why Nexus 5 and other smartphones Snapdragon 800/801 will not get Android 7.0