
During a recent interview with YouTuber GeekyRanjit, the head of ASUS India mobile division confirmed that the Android 9.0 Pie update for the ZenFone Max Pro M1 (Review) is currently in testing and that the update will also bring official support for the Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) feature. The popular budget Android smartphone from ASUS has now been spotted on the Geekbench benchmark database running on the Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
ZenFone Max Pro M1 Running Android Pie Caught on Geekbench
The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 variant running on the latest Android 9 Pie OS happens to be the 4GB RAM variant. Going by the benchmark scores, the Android 9 Pie build for the ZenFone Max Pro M1 has been optimized quite well. The 1,505 single-core score and 4,773 multi-core score are both on par with the average scores achieved by ZenFone Max Pro M1 units running on Android Oreo. Other than that, however, the Geekbench listing doesn’t give us any clue with regards to the actual release timeframe. Some manufacturers such as HMD Global and OnePlus have already started pushing stable Android 9 Pie to some of their phones, so there is a chance that the ZenFone Max Pro M1 may be updated to Android 9 Pie before the end of the year. ASUS is generally quite slow when it comes to rolling out software updates but the fact that the ZenFone Max Pro M1 does not use a custom skin should allow the manufacturer to be quicker than usual.