By the time Android 8.0 rolled out in 2017, the P8 Lite was already considered a "legacy" device. Huawei’s update policy back then was a strict two-year window. The Kirin 620 processor and its 2GB of RAM were technically capable of running Oreo (Android Go was designed for less), but Huawei had moved on to the P9 and P10 lite variants.
But nearly eight years after its release, is there any truth to the rumor? Can you actually download and install Android 8.0 on Huawei’s 2015 mid-ranger?
Enter (and its various forks like AOSP Extended or OmniROM). huawei p8 lite update 8.0 download
When the P8 Lite launched in 2015, it shipped with Android 5.0 Lollipop draped in Huawei’s Emotion UI (EMUI) 3.1. It eventually received a bump to Android 6.0 Marshmallow (EMUI 4.0). That was it. The curtain closed.
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Running Android 8.0 on a P8 Lite is a fun physics experiment. It proves the device can run modern(ish) code. But the reality is that most modern banking apps and Slack versions no longer support Android 8.0 either.
So, can you download the Huawei P8 Lite Android 8.0 update? Yes. Just don't wait for a notification from Huawei. You'll have to go out and steal it from the ghosts of XDA. Have you tried installing Oreo on your old P8 Lite? Let us know in the comments (if your custom ROM still supports a web browser). By the time Android 8
The real feature here isn't "Picture-in-Picture" or "Adaptive Icons." It is the audacity of the Android community to refuse to let a piece of hardware die.