Will your Meizu Support Android Update Nougat ? This is the List

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Android 7.0 "Nougat" is the 7th major version of the Android operating system. First released as a beta build on March 9, 2016,it was officially released on August 22, 2016, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update.
Nougat introduces notable changes to the operating system and its development platform, including the ability to display multiple apps on-screen at once in a split-screen view, support for inline replies to notifications, as well as an OpenJDK-based Javaenvironment and support for the Vulkan graphics rendering API, and "seamless" system updates on supported devices.

Unsupported and Supported Processors
According to a prominent source, Qualcomm is not releasing updates to the graphic drivers on the Snapdragon 200, 208, 210, 212, 400, 410, 412, 600, 800 and 801 chipsets.Handsets affected by Qualcomm's decision include the Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 3,Samsung Galaxy Tab A (all except 10.1 variant), Galaxy On7 and On7 Pro, Galaxy A 3 (2014 and 2016) Galaxy A 5 2016,LG G3, LG Nexus 5, Sony Xperia Z3, Motorola Moto X 2nd. Gen., HTC One M8, HTC Desire Eye, OnePlus One, OnePlus X, Oppo Find 7, Xiaomi Mi4, ZTE Nubia Z7 and many other models. Sony initially released beta builds for Xperia Z3, but then later said there would not be a final release, because Snapdragon 801 doesn't support Vulkan API. Other unsupported processors are Exynos ARMv7: 5250, 5260, 5410, 5420, 5422, 5430, 5800, (Galaxy A7, A8, Alpha, S5, S5 Plus, Note 3, Note Pro, Tab Pro, Tab S, Meizu MX4 Pro), Exynos 7580 (Galaxy A7, A5 2016, S5 Neo), MT6753 (Desire 828, 830), Kirin 910, 920, 925, 930, 935 (Honor 4x, 4C, 6, 6 Plus, 7, Huawei P7, P8 Lite, P8, P8 Max, Mate 7, Mate S, MediaPad X2, M2), Atom Z2460, Z2520, Z2560, Z2580, Z2760 (Asus Fonepad 7, Zenfone 2, 4, 5, 6, C, MemoPad 10, ZenPad S 8, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, Dell Venue 7, 8).
Supported processors are:
Snapdragon 415, 430, 435,615,616, 617, 625, 650, 652, 805, 808, 810, 820, 821, Exynos ARMv8: 5433, 7420, 7870, 8890, Kirin 950, 955, MediaTek with Mali: MT6722, MT6732, MT6738, MT6750, MT6752, Helio P10 (MT6755), P20 (MT6757), Helio X20 (MT6797), X25 (MT6797T), MediaTek with PowerVR: MT6595M, MT6595T, MT6595M, MT6795, MT8135, MT8173, MT8176, Helio X10 (MT6795), Helio X30 (MT679?), Atom Z3460, Z3480, Z3530, Z3560, Z3570, Z3580, Rockchip RK3368, Tegra K1, X1, GeForce 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, etc.

It is unfortunate my Meizu MX4 Pro in the category Unsupported.


Source : [Wikipedia]