It might not be on many devices just yet, but new data shows that Android 5.0 Lollipop has gained some recent steam and is now running on nearly 10 percent of Android devices.
Samsung may have been slow getting the latest Google Android update, Android 5.0 Lollipop, to its premium handsets earlier this year, but now the company is rolling out the newest candy-coated mobile OS to many of its second-tier devices.
Even as many Android devices across the country are still receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop update -- or waiting in anticipation, hopeful that their Android device may end up getting Lollipop -- Google has recently posted factory images of another Lollipop upgrade, Android 5.1.1, on its developers' site.
Some devices already have it, others will have to wait Android Lollipop 5. 0 has been out for a while, but there are still some devices that are waiting for the update to the operating system.
It appears that Motorola is beginning tests for the Moto X (2013), with some Android 5.1 Lollipop OTA update notifications already going out in some testing grounds.
As Android 5.0 Lollipop is still rolling out to top 2014 smartphones on all carriers in the U.S., Google has already updated its own Nexus line with an even newer Lollipop, Android 5.1. For those just getting up to speed with Android 5.0 Lollipop, here's what to look forward to with the next incremental upgrade.
It's no secret that U.S. owners of premium Android phones, especially with devices customized by carrier, are having to wait weeks or months longer than many other markets in the world to get their Android 5.0 Lollipop updates.
The second-generation Moto X (2014) now officially has an Android 5.1 Lollipop update brewing for subsequent OTA updates, but savvy and intrepid Android users can download it right now.
HTC has been pretty decently good at keeping its Android 5.0 Lollipop update release date promises, at least compared to other Android OEMs. But owners of the HTC One M7, most of whom should have received Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA updates by now, will find the latest Android update news a little depressing.
Many Samsung Galaxy Note 4 handsets have received Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop update by now, especially those outside the U.S. But Samsung users in Europe, early to get the first Android L update, are already getting a new Lollipop update OTA that fixes some confusing feature conflation.
The release date for Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA update has finally come for Sony Xperia Z3, Sony Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet, and the Xperia Z3 Compact, as Sony officially announced that the upgrade is rolling out to markets worldwide.
Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop update release date has been taking a particularly long time to come to major OEM devices and carriers in the U.S. But while you'd think the cult OnePlus One smartphone would have already rolled out its Android L update, it hasn't. That's changing soon, and OnePlus is putting weight behind its promises.
While the Samsung Galaxy S5 on Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, and internationally have seen their release date come for OTA Android Lollipop 5.0 updates that are rolling out and available for download now, AT&T customers have had to wait. Bad news: now they, and possibly Galaxy S4 owners across carriers, will have to wait even longer.
Congratulations, flagship Android smartphone owners in the U.S. who have been patiently waiting for Android 5.0 Lollipop to begin rolling out, we're now in the month of February. That means a lot of release dates for Android L are coming in the near future, starting with HTC One M7, M8, and the LG G3 -- depending on your carrier.
Ever since 2013 when it changed its device naming system and presented the LG G2 with its unique "rear key" volume rocker and power button, LG Electronics has been making a critical comeback with great devices like the Nexus 5 (for Google), the LG G Pad 8.3, and the LG G3.
Taiwanese device manufacturer HTC has been very transparent about its Android Lollipop update schedule so far. But if a new report sourced to a well-known developer and HTC leaker is true, Android L's release date for HTC One M8 owners might be a week or two ahead of schedule.
The Android L race continues, but it looks like Samsung is well on its way towards a January 2015 release date for the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in the U.S. -- with the Galaxy S5, Note 4, Note Edge, Note 4, and S4 at the top of the OTA roll out list -- if a recent purported leak on Reddit turns out to be genuine.
