Oreo: Google announces release of the next version of Android 8

New software promises to extend battery life, improve notifications and speed up smartphones as Google pushes out updates to Pixel and Nexus devices

Google's next version of Android is called Oreo and is coming to smartphones and tablets in the near future.

Google announced that it has pushed the final version of Android 8 Oreo out to the Android Open Source Project, the underlying software that the Android loaded on smartphones and other devices is built on. Google's Pixel and Nexus handsets will also soon see the update, with beta programme participants receiving it first.