Wednesday was a big day in the Android world, as Google announced the biggest update to Android ever: Android 5.0 Lollipop.
While this is great news for Android enthusiasts, the bad news is this update still has to go through all the phone manufacturers, and even then the carriers before it gets to the user. While this can make one groan, the bright side is we seem to be in a time where more manufacturers realize the importance of timely updates.
We have this page that we will update whenever we get news of an update schedule from manufacturers. This is quite the task with as many manufacturers and then carriers there are, but we will do our best to be timely.
What I can tell you (at least about the major manufacturers) is this: Motorola is easily the quickest (except for Google, naturally) with updates, as last year’s Moto X got KitKat within weeks of its release. HTC has not had a great track record, but in June they announced they will bring Android Lollipop to all their HTC One (M8) and HTC One (M7) within 90 days of receiving the software from Google. Samsung, LG, and Sony all are very obscure and do not communicate regarding their updates.
Without further ado, here are all the newest details regarding Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade:
Motorola announced not long after Google that they will be updating many of their devices released in the past year (and even past). We reported on this yesterday, but here is the link to their blog announcement here, and the page they will update with all update info here.
Below is what is confirmed by Motorola:
- Moto X (1st Gen)
- Moto X (2nd Gen)
- Moto G (1st Gen)
- Moto G (2nd Gen)
- Moto G with 4G LTE
- Moto E
- Droid Ultra
- Droid Maxx
- Droid Mini
We will update as soon as we have dates for these devices.
HTC has announced that they will follow-up on their promise, and that their last two flagships will get the update within 90 days of receiving final software from Google. After that, the update will reach “other One family members and select devices”. Here is their update page here.
Below is what is confirmed by HTC, with our estimated time of upgrade:
- HTC One (M8) – (ETA) middle of January
- HTC One (M7) – (ETA) middle of January
- Other One family members – (ETA) sometime 2015
- Select devices – (ETA) sometime 2015
We will update as soon as we have dates for these devices.
That’s all we have for now. Again, this will be updated as soon as we hear!
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