The original Nokia 2 was released in November 2017 powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 212 and just 1GB of RAM. This makes the smartphone a prime candidate for Android Go. However, due to its early release, the smartphone shipped with the regular version of Android Nougat. 

Because of how the popular operating system is built, smartphones launched on the regular version of Android cannot be upgraded to Android Go at a later date. Nevertheless, HMD Global – the company behind Nokia smartphones – confirmed in late January that an update to Android 8.1 Oreo was still on the way for those ...