[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] ars_chelsea:
Hallo hallo guys :)

I found something good here https://www.theandroidsoul.com/huawei-honor-android-9-pie-update/ which states (I's not clear if this is official info) but it's attached the image ;)

I actually think Huawei might not do this and ship instead the Pie on the same date as the Huawei p20 and p20 pro, because this is not a common 200, 300 euro phone, it's a 400 mid range phone which to be honest it's a high price for a "medium" range phone. Won't even talk about Sony :D.

Cheers,

Alex

UPDATE: Recent news of November 28 on a chinese source of Huawei tell us that we will be the next phase to test out EMUI 9 Beta after the models which have access to it since Yesterday. Attached image and link to sources.

https://www.weibo.com/3514064555/H4NemxW8q?type=comment#_rnd1544010777367

https://www.ixbt.com/news/2018/11/29/emui-9-0-android-9-0-pie-honor-8x-huawei-nova-3i-huawei-maimang-7.html

UPDATE(As of 10 of December): According to yesterday Weibo(Chinese Twitter) Huawei account we may have finally a date for the EMUI 9 Beta release, according to their image which I could only translate properly with Cambridge online dictionary, after the words "nova 3e" which is our model it says something like "Internal test recruitment expected to be launched in January" which makes sense since there's only number 1 in there :) , that's the best translation I could've find.

Links:

https://weibo.com/3514064555/H6C78nkYz

http://www.cnsoftnews.com/news/201812/77093.html - This one needs a complete page translation but you can do it using chrome automatically.

Attached image.

UPDATE (as of 7 of January): Great day to be alive guys :) My sources are always good, as it seems they have opened internal BETA recruitment of EMUI 9 on China for our model Nova 3e(P20 Lite) and also for Huawei Enjoy 9 Plus (yes, it is called like this...XD), just as I predicted to this month and just like they said on the same source Weibo, link: https://www.weibo.com/3514064555/HaSgozmA2?type=comment#_rnd1546873618942

Poster is attached, because an image is always better :)

For now though it is only open on China, but as soon as it gets to europe it should be quite quick ;)

UPDATE(As of 8 of January): A new blog post reveals the information and confirmation of the Chinese EMUI 9 Beta release:

https://www.theandroidsoul.com/huawei-invites-beta-testers-for-android-pie-for-nova-3e-and-huawei-y9-2019/

Includes the limit of 2000 participants per country and model for the testing.

UPDATE(As of 21 of January): EMUI 9 Beta is now downloadable in China for who applied for it and new expected stable release dates are available on this source which match my expectations: https://www.theandroidsoul.com/huawei-nova-3e-update/

I expect the stable version to hit China on the mid/end of February even though the source says it expects it in March.

The stable version global rollout would probably be from March to April as it says.

UPDATE(As of 24 of January): Found out a new news link from Italy which does confirm that within two weeks their Single SIM version of Italy from the TIM carrier will receive the update POGGERS :D

Source: http://www.optimaitalia.com/blog/2019/01/17/brucia-tutti-huawei-p20-lite-tim-nel-ricevere-emui-9-tweet-ufficiale-ma-servono-precisazioni/1342206

It's in italian so either use Google Chrome browser for automatic translation or use google for that ;)

But on the tweet from the TIM carrier they say literally "Hello Mark, within two weeks you will receive the update. See you soon"

The news link is from January 17, so depending on the carriers of the countries of europe some will receive sooner and others will receive later this month ;) Be patient guys, the force is within us :P

UPDATE(As of 30 of January): A news post of Japan reveals oficial information on the update of the stable version of EMUI 9 for the SIM-Free version of the japanese model of Huawei P20 Lite and others.

Source: https://k-tai.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1167193.html

If you translate the website via Google Chrome and analyse the image that I attached from the news post you can clearly see it will be delivered in May in Japan.

Image attached.

UPDATE(As of February 4/12):Android pie BETA released in China!!!!! Please find it on the firmware finder website or app of the chinese models like ANE-AL00. Picture Attached for proof. :D :D :D

Sources:

https://club.huawei.com/thread-18694884-1-1.html

UPDATE(As of 13 of February): Recent sources and quite a lot of them say we will get the stable update in April.

Sources:

https://www.tudocelular.com/android/noticias/n137990/huawei-recebe-patch-seguranca-janeiro.html

https://www.androidworld.it/2019/02/12/huawei-p20-lite-android-pie-aprile-patch-gennaio-610554/

https://www.teknoburada.net/2019/02/12/huawei-p20-lite-yeni-guncelleme-basladi-adim-adim-android-9-0a/

https://www.smartdroid.de/huawei-p20-lite-erhaelt-januar-patch-android-9-pie-ist-unterwegs/

Here's the official response of Huawei Mobile :D

“We would like to inform you that our software team has confirmed the compatibility of your device (Huawei P20 Lite) with EMUI 9.0/Android Pie which is under development for optimizing the software according to device specifications and will be releasing it in batches tentatively by mid of Apr’19 along with most awaited feature NVC (Native Video Calling) which is also referred as “ViLTE”.”

Keep up the hope for the soon update :)

UPDATE(As of 13 of March): EMUI 9 beta opened recruitment in India, confirmed by [MENTION=7773372]miststudent2011[/MENTION] via his thread today - https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-lite/how-to/huawei-p20-lite-huawei-y9-emui-9-0-beta-t3910567

UPDATE(As of 15 of March):A recent firmware in Firmware Finder confirms that Pakistan model ANE-LX2 is receiving BETA builds as well :)

Proof attached!

UPDATE(As of 27 of March):Recent firmware appeared on Firmware Finder confirming the beta program will be released to other regions like europe and america (LX1,LX3 models).

Proof attached!

UPDATE(As of 29 of March):I've been looking at the official Huawei Club Forum and it seems that they have launched an official stable version of EMUI 9 in China for the chinese models ANE-AL00 and ANE-TL00.

These are the correct stable versions that Firmware Finder detected on 27 of March:

ANE-AL00C00E106R1P7B106 (9.0.1.106)

ANE-TL00C00E106R1P7B106 (9.0.1.106)

Here's the official link (it's in Chinese) - https://club.huawei.com/thread-19893057-1-1.html

Image attached!

Also thank you for working with me on this dear [MENTION=9601129]JordyCătă[/MENTION]!

UPDATE(As of 1 of April): Recent chinese official posts confirm they are receiving the stable update of EMUI 9. No, it's not an April fools lie :P

Proofs attached!

UPDATE(As of 2 of April):A fellow mate [MENTION=7236826]andreamymill[/MENTION] from our forum posted a blessing news that in Italy Huawei opened EMUI 9.1 testing with a period from 1-12 of April and 200 participants :D :D :D

Proof attached!

Germany is included in testing too confirmed my dear user [MENTION=8910629]broadwaybaby[/MENTION] !!! :D Same period as Italy with same participants (200).

Proof attached!

UPDATE(As of 3 of April):Added the new Chinese official poster of the stable version of EMUI 9 for the chinese model.

Image attached!!!

UPDATE(As of 30 of April):Added chinese official post of a beta version version of EMUI 9.1 for the chinese model.

Thank you dear [MENTION=9889884]JordiCătă[/MENTION] for mentioning the source :)

https://club.huawei.com/thread-20171082-1-1.html

This proofs that they are still working on the EMUI 9.1.

Proof attached!!!

UPDATE(As of 6 of May): If India wants it EMUI 9 is ready for them as well :)

It's an official signed dload package from Android Host:

Source for download:

https://androidhost.ru/Ukr

UPDATE(As of 10 of May): Stable EMUI 9.1 released in China, proofs began some days after. Should be rolling out for Europe soon.

Source: https://club.huawei.com/thread-20275004-1-1.html

Proofs attached!!

UPDATE(As of 29 of May): Recent news in a Slovenian Official Huawei Forum tells us that there's a delay on the update of EMUI 9.1 for our device in Europe and possibly others regions due to an eRecovery error that they are already fixing. Let's wait a bit more ;)

"The Technical support has send us a message that the upgrade to Android 9 should be available soon. Currently there is only a problem in the system eRecovery that has put the launch currently "on hold". But they are near fixing the error."

Thank you for the translation and for the post [MENTION=9440478]luka_bubi[/MENTION] :P

Let's hope they are quick!

Cheers!

AS

UPDATE(As of 3 of June): Recent signed firmware from June 1 tells us that the stable version has began to Roll out through Europe :)

And the patience is the key to victory :P

Proofs attached!

Congrats to all :)

Notes:

UPDATE(As of 18 of june) - I found the thread of most of the region codes of Huawei devices, thank you dear [MENTION=8446402]liboct87[/MENTION] for that :)

Here's the link for that thread: https://xdaforums.com/8-lite/how-to/huawei-regional-codes-t3740473

This helps you find the right firmware for you ;)