Asus ZenFone 5Z to get Android Pie update soon: ZenFone Max Pro M1 next in line

Asus has finally started working on the Android 9 Pie update for their latest flagship smartphone, the Asus ZenFone 5Z. The smartphone manufacturer has already started testing the new operating system on the phone. GSMArena was the first one to spot some Geekbench results which showed Android Pie running the ZenFone 5Z.

As the company has started working on an Android 9 Pie build for the Asus ZenFone 5Z, this means that we should soon see a stable build for the smartphone. How soon still remains a question here. However, we expect the update to arrive sometime in the Q4 2018, possibly in November.

Once the update is rolled out for the flagship ZenFone 5Z, the company will start working on the Android 9 Pie build for their budget smartphone, the ZenFone Max Pro M1. It would not be hard for the company to develop a stable ROM for the Max Pro M1 in less time as it runs on a near stock version which means fewer customisations are needed to be made.

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Asus ZenFone 5Z Specifications

As for the specifications, the ZenFone 5Z features a 6.2-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x2246 pixels. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC coupled with Adreno 630 GPU. The dual-SIM handset packs in 6GB or 8GB of RAM coupled with up to 256GB of onboard storage. The storage is further expandable using a mciroSD card. All of this is backed by a 3,300mAh battery.