The owners of Nexus and Nexus 5X 6P, participated in the beta program for Android Nougat, begun to receive their devices OTA-update to the final version of Android 7.1.1. For the first time, software for Android 7.1.1 lines Google Pixel and the Nexus 5 was released in December 2016, but the update has not previously been reported on the Nexus devices, who participated in the beta testing. Thus, now all the owners of relatively new devices will receive Google’s newest version of the operating system.

the Update to Android 7.1.1, getting beta testers, in essence not different from that which became available to users of the considered devices at the beginning of December 2016 and include the security patches from Android 4 December 2016. The difference is that the update was provided by beta testers of the new software two weeks later than other users devices.

Android Nougat 7.1.1 is the latest version of Android, which debuted a number of features, including a larger number Emoji, shortcuts, home screen GIF support in Gboard keyboard from Google.

the Owners of Nexus and 5X 6P, which until now have not received the update notification, you can see if their device is updated in the settings menu system updates the item “About phone”.

In the context of this message it is important to understand what kind of audience it is. In this case, as noted above, the update was received, a beta tester of the new version of the mobile operating system from search giant.

Beta software testing is called testing in use in the real world. An important role in this process is played by the way the use looks from the viewpoint of the user. Therefore, the software is provided to a number of users who install it on their devices and use just as it would be used, whether it is the final version of the software product.

Beta testing is the second phase of software testing in which it is tested are not experts, and some of the future target audience of this software. The letter “beta” is the second in the Greek alphabet, which in this case points to the second phase of testing the software product.

alpha testing is the first phase of software testing in the development process of a software product. This initial phase involves the testing of software in General and its individual components and the system testing. Beta testing is the stage of testing prior to the release of his final version.

the Purpose of beta testing is to provide the app into the hands of real users, and not those engineers who are engaged in its development. This approach allows us to detect the omissions and weaknesses that users of the developed software product would not want to see in the final version.

Distinguish between open and closed beta testing. Closed beta testing is expected to provide the beta version of the software product to a specific group of users to invite.

open beta is a wider group, and it can take all comers. Beta testers report all found in the software defects, and sometimes suggest what additional features would, in their opinion, to be added in the final version they tested the software product.

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6P Nexus and Nexus 5X beta testers have already updated to the final version of Android Nougat 7.1.1