Today, Google released a rather surprising statement, saying that it would be releasing the first Android N Preview Image for a few Nexus devices. Since Google hadn’t made any previous statements about Android N, this came as a shock for many tech enthusiasts. Well, a good kind of shock of course.
Google has released the first Android N Preview Images for the Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 9, Nexus Player and Pixel C. Unfortunately, the Nexus 5 was left out from the party.
How To Install Android N Preview Image
Google has released the first Android N Preview Images for the Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 9, Nexus Player and Pixel C. Unfortunately, the Nexus 5 was left out from the party.
If you have any of the mentioned devices above, then you can
download and install the Preview Image to get a taste of Android N.
How To Install Android N Preview Image
- Download
Nexus 6P Android Preview Image
Download | angler-npc56p-preview-85ffc1b1.tgz - Download
Nexus 6 Android Preview Image
Download | shamu-npc56p-preview-54b13c67.tgz - Download
Nexus 5X Android Preview Image
Download | bullhead-npc56p-preview-6c877a3d.tgz - Download
Nexus 9 Android Preview Image
Download | volantis-npc56p-preview-0e8ec8ef.tgz - Download
Nexus Player Android Preview Image
Download | fugu-npc56r-preview-7027d5b6.tgz - Download
Pixel C Android Preview Image
Download | ryu-npc56p-preview-335a86a4.tgz
Download the firmware on your computer. Then be sure that
you have ADB drivers for your phone installed.
- Connect
your phone to your computer via USB cable.
- Open
ADB tool on your computer. Run this code to put your phone in
fastboot mode
adb reboot bootloader
- Extract the Preview Image and double-click on flash-all. This will flash the Android N firmware, baseband, bootloader and all required files on your phone.
Now reboot your phone and you will be greeted by the new
Android N boot animation.