How To Check Project Treble Boost On Your Android Oreo Device 1

How To Check Project Treble Boost On Your Android Oreo Device

If you have a Nexus or non Pixel Android device, you already know how long you have to wait to update to the latest Android version. While this has been an issue since the beginning of Android, Google finally decided to address this concern through Project Treble, which was announced at Google I/O 2017. In the simplest terms, Project Treble will give vendors an interface to them. Access to hardware-specific parts of Android, making it possible for them to offer new Android versions to customers simply by updating the Android operating system framework. The company also announced that Treble will be built into devices released with Android Oreo and later. So, if you have a device running Android Oreo and are wondering if it supports Project Treble, Here’s how you can find out:

note: I tried these methods on my Google Pixel and Nexus 5X, both running Android Oreo. Both methods do not require root access.

Check Project Treble Support on Android Oreo Device Using Terminal App

This is a simple, one-step method that requires you to check the binary value of a command you are executing. To start, download a terminal app Like Termux (Free), and then execute the following command:

getprop ro.treble.enabled

if returned Boolean value “true” your device has Project Treble support. It’s that simple.

Check Treble Project Support on Android Oreo Device Using ADB

note: This method requires ADB drivers to be installed on your computer. For this you can choose to download Minimal ADB and Fast Boot or official Google binaries.

This is another easy method that uses ADB instead of a terminal app. To do this, follow the steps below.

  • First, you will need to Enable usb debugging on your device. For that, go to: “Developer Options”and then switch “USB debugging”.

USB debugging

  • After doing this, connect your phone to your computerand open Command Prompt/Terminal. Here, execute the following commands:
adb shell
getprop ro.treble.enabled
  • You should do it now see a Boolean value. If it says “true”, your device has Project Treble support; and if it reads “false” it doesn’t have Project Treble support.

Using CMD

I tried these two methods on Google Pixel and Nexus 5X. The method indicates that Project Treble was supported in the first, but not in the second. Hopefully in the future we can expect Project Treble to be supported on all devices running Android Oreo or higher.

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note: Android 8.0 Oreo is currently available on Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P and Nexus Player. In a few months, Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+, Samsung Galaxy Note 8, LG G6, HTC U11, OnePlus 5 etc. It will also reach other flagship devices such as When it does, you will be able to check Project Treble support with the methods mentioned above.

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Does Your Device Support Project Treble?

With Project Treble, Google finally wants to put an end to the Android update problem once and for all. Whether this will be successful or not will be decided in time. Until then, you can check if your device running Android Oreo supports Project Treble. With the methods mentioned above, it should be pretty easy to check. So, what are your thoughts on Project Treble and does your device support Project Treble? Let me know in the comments section below.

This tutorial was originally published at: XDA Developers. We tried it and it works fine.

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