Huawei announced that Honor 8 is finally getting an Android 7.0 Nougat and EMUI 5.0 this coming ebruary 2017. It will change the said model's speed and performance in general for the better.

Many were disappointed with how the Huawei smartphone got an Android 6.0 Marshmallow partnered with EMUI 4.1. Although it got tons of praises for its good performance and being included in the Top 10 list for the best Android smartphones of 2016, the Android 6.0 Marshmallow seems like its trade-off.

Despite how good Honor 8's specs and features are to them, users still have a hard time understanding why it has to have Marshmallow as its Android version when in fact it has a lot of potential to run a newer Android version like the Nougat.

Now that Huawei announced that Honor will be getting Nougat beta and EMUI 5.0 complementing each other, reports and reviews regarding its improvements in power usage and management, security and performance have already been circulating online.

So specifically speaking, what will Android 7.0 Nougat and EMUI 5.0 bring about to improve the phone?

Firstly, it will allow user to manipulate and run multiple profiles all simultaneously. Secondly, there will already be an improved application lock options, optimizing the capability to lock certain apps. Thirdly and the most notable improvement is the enhanced analysing capabilities of Honor 8, being able to be flexible to the user's needs. Also, the EMUI 5.0 will let you enable the app drawer which was originally disabled.

With this recently revealed information regarding Honor 8's updates, smartphone users will most probably appreciate the model better than before. It is yet to be confirmed when specifically in February the update will come to reality.