Today Google officially released Android 7.0, Nougat. The August release comes somewhat as a surprise because normally new versions of Android coincide with new Nexus devices. 

Actually, the release is not the only thing different about Android 7 as for the first time Google had a public beta of this version in development. I've been running Nougat on my Nexus 9 for a little more than a month, and that 99% of my apps run just fine, the one exception being Instagram. For some reason videos tend to reappear over images as I browse through my stream. 

I've also found that the Amazon Kindle app doesn't work if you set the display size to small from default.

I am curious to find out how well Nougat runs on my Nexus 6P, in particular whether I see even longer battery life than with Marshmallow. Beyond the improvements in battery life, I don't think there is too much to be excited about in Nougat for existing smartphones and tablets. It looks to me like most of the improvements Google made are targeted at running Android apps on Chrome. 

Bottom line, in my opinion, if you don't have a Nexus device to be one of the first to get Nougat, don't feel left out, there is little in it to be excited about.