Nokia 6.2 gets Android 10 update with April 2020 security patch

By Babu Mohan
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Nokia 6.2
Nokia 6.2 (Image credit: Android Central)

What you need to know

  • HMD Global has started rolling out the Android 10 update for the Nokia 6.2.
  • The update comes with several Android 10 goodies and the April 2020 security patch.
  • In the first wave, the update will be rolled out to Nokia 6.2 units in 43 countries by May 3.

HMD Global today announced that it has started rolling out Android 10 for the Nokia 6.2. As you would expect, the update brings all the new functionalities and features that Android 10 has to offer.

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The update arrives as V2.290 and weighs in at around 1.5GB in size. According to the official changelog, the key highlights of the update include Smart Reply with recommended actions, gesture navigation, a new system-wide dark mode, enhanced privacy and location controls, as well as the April 2020 Android security patch.

As per a post on the Nokia Community forums (opens in new tab), the update is being rolled out in waves. The update will hit Nokia 6.2 users in the following countries in the first wave:

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Cambodia
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malaysia
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sweden
  • Tunisia
  • UAE
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen

HMD Global expects to finish rolling out the update for users in the above markets by May 3. If you live in any of the above countries and own a Nokia 6.2, you can check for the update manually by heading to Settings > About Phone > System updates. Unfortunately, however, it looks like Nokia 6.2 users in the U.S. will have to wait longer to receive the Android 10 update.

Nokia 7.2

Nokia 7.2

The Nokia 7.2 is a good buy if you like clean software and want a phone that has great build quality. It may not be the most desirable mid-range phone around, but the Android One Nokia 7.2 does feature an impressive display and offers long-lasting battery life.

Babu Mohan
Babu Mohan
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5 Comments
  • This is embarrassing for an Android one phone. What's the point if you are among one of the last to get software that's several months old.
  • They get an exception because of the pandemic
  • Better late than never I say. My 6.1 is on Android 10. Been a good run so far I think .
  • I didn't see the UK on that initial list. I'm disappointed because I ordered one for my wife which should arrive tomorrow.
  • Nokia. Pure, Secure and Up To Date. After purchasing one of their phones and finding it full of Chinese bloatware that phones home during initial setup and randomly kills background apps to "save power", and finding a butchered version of Android with features removed or broken, I'm not convinced that Nokia has any control over the engineering or quality of most of their devices which seem to be cobbled together out of bits and pieces from other phones and a hastily ported OS that feels unfinished and is full of bugs. This will be my last Android One phone and my last Nokia device, I feel let down, not by the crappiness of the device, but because it fails to live up to Nokia and Google's most basic claims of purity and compatibility.