Google's new Android 5.0 Lollipop update has begun rolling out OTA (over the air) in some markets to the Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note Edge, and a couple of variants of the Galaxy S4. Now, reports indicate Samsung is working on Lollipop for the Samsung Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, and Galaxy A7, but there's some possible bad news for Galaxy Note 2 owners as well.

As we previously reported, some Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5 devices on AT&T in the U.S. will probably have to wait longer than others, likely due to some sticky bugs found (some that cause commonly used apps like Contacts to crash) while Samsung rolled out Lollipop OTA in Scandinavian markets.

But having to wait is preferable to never getting Android L, which is the situation Galaxy Note 2 owners might find themselves in, if rumors are correct.

Samsung Galaxy A Series Updates Coming:

But Was the Galaxy Note 2 Lollipop Update Dropped?

According to SamMobile, which has a pretty good track record with reliable insider sources, a previous leak in Finland (not to mention a Samsung Denmark in January and a Polish Samsung representative's tweet a month ago and via GottaBeMobile) made the Lollipop update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 seem all but inevitable.

But a new Lollipop update roadmap leaked to the Samsung-obsessed news blog includes details on the mid-range Galaxy A series Lollipop updates, but nothing on the elderly Galaxy Note 2 flagship.

The newer mid-tier Galaxy A series -- including the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, and recently launched Galaxy A7 -- aimed at the international market will be getting an Android 5.0 Lollipop release date soon, as Samsung is currently testing the update.

The Galaxy Note 2 -- one of the most satisfying and popular phablets of all time --may be showing signs of obsolescence (forced or not, you decide) as SamMobile reports "our insiders reveal that there is no sign of Android 5.0 for the Galaxy Note 2."

Even worse for fans of the 2012 phablet, SamMobile continues, "It isn't in development and hasn't even been mentioned yet."

Yikes.

Of course, you'd expect the nearly 3-year-old Galaxy Note II to be at the bottom of the list -- and U.S. owners of nearly every Android device know that they're the last to get Lollipop updates -- but it'd be nice to know the Galaxy Note 2 is officially somewhere on the timetable.

You can't prove a negative of course, unless Samsung officially tells Note II owners it's time to upgrade their devices if they want their Lollipop, and that hasn't happened . . . yet.

So if you need to, hope for the best, and maybe the Galaxy Note 2's update release date will eventually be confirmed. Or maybe not.

In either case, keep checking with Latin Post Tech for all the Lollipop update details as they come along!

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