Good news, HTC One M8 owners... (maybe)! Android 5.0 Lollipop, a.k.a. Android L, could be coming to your phone ahead of schedule -- early enough to qualify as a free New Year's gift -- if a new rumor is to believed, that is.
While the Samsung Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 4, and their one-year-older cousins the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4 are all waiting in line for the TouchWiz-updated version of Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop to roll out, one version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is at the front of the line.
If you're on Verizon and have the Moto X 2014 edition, you've got something to look forward to. The new Android L, or Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system by Google is headed to all 2014, or second-generation Moto X handsets, OTA (over the air).
Regular, non-GPE (Google Play Edition) variants of the HTC One M8 (2014) and M7 (2013) may have to wait for a while to get Google's newest Android OS update, interchangeably known as Android L, Android Lollipop, or Android 5.0. But the wait will soon be over for GPE HTC One M8 and M7 smartphones.
The moment eager Android 5.0 updaters have been waiting for has arrived. On Tuesday, Google released the source code for its latest OS and the countdown began for the release of Lollipop-flavored device updates and custom ROMs.
Android L, known now as Android 5.0 Lollipop, debuts soon on the release date of the Nexus 9 and Nexus 6. The Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 will get Android L updates soon after. After that, the Google Play Edition devices, like the GPE HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. So what about the rest?
Android L, known now as Android 5.0 Lollipop, debuts soon on the release date of the Nexus 9 and Nexus 6. The Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 will download the Android Lollipop update soon after, followed by the Google Play Edition devices, like the GPE HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4. So what about the rest?
