Lenovo smartphones will all feature stock Android from now on

Starting with the K8 Note, all of Lenovo's smartphones will come with stock Android installed. The company is dropping its customized Vibe Pure UI in favour of an (almost) untouched version of Android. The Lenovo K8 Note will come with Android 7.1.1 Nougat installed, and the company is making only minor additions in the form of Dolby Atmos and TheaterMax -- gone is the bloatware that irks users so much. Lenovo's decision has been driven by customer demand -- in India, there was a particular clamoring for stock Android. As well as eliminating bloat, the switch to stock Android means… [Continue Reading]