Sony had some good, early news for owners of its Xperia Z
smartphones. It will be updating all its premium models to Android 5.0 Lollipop. It confirmed the following
phones will be getting the new software: The Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR,
Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1S, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z2, Xperia Z3,
Xperia Z3V, and the Xperia Z3 Compact.
It’s not
avoiding its tablet duty either, and will bring Android 5.0 to the Xperia Tablet
Z, the Xperia Z2 Tablet, and the new Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact. The Google Play
Edition of the Xperia Z Ultra has apparently already been updated.
In December,
Sony confirmed its intention to start a wider Android 5.0 update soon. A tweet from the official Xperia account
reiterated the company’s plan to bring Android 5.0 to the Xperia Z3 and the
Xperia Z2 in early 2015.
LG Smart mobiles
LG sent out a
very welcome tweet regarding the G3 smartphone from the LG Electronics UK Twitter account at the end
of October, informing us the G3 will get its Lollipop update before the
end of the year. No precise date was mentioned, but new information says it
could come sooner rather than later.
LG says G3
owners in Poland will be first on the list, with the process expected to start
from November 10. According to LG’s blog,
“other key markets will follow in the near future.” LG’s obviously proud of its
Android 5.0 efforts, and confidently states it’ll be the first global
manufacturer to provide the latest version of Google’s OS this year. As always,
it’ll be a staggered release which will depend on network cooperation.
A list of European countries where the G3 would
receive Android 5.0 was leaked in mid-December. The UK, Austria, Germany,
Italy, and Spain were among those mentioned, with December 12 down as the start
date. Subsequently, reports gathered
that G3 phones in India would get an Android 5.0 update before the end of the
month.
It’s no great
surprise to hear LG will service it’s flagship phone first, and once that’s
underway, LG says it will talk about its other devices being prepared for the
software. We expect the G Pro 2, along with phones such as the G Flex, and the
G3 Beat to be high up on the list.
Motorola Smart mobiles
Through its official blog, we’re told that both first and
second generation Moto X and the Moto G phones will get Android 5.0 Lollipop,
along with the 4G LTE version of the Moto G,plus the Moto E.
Older Motorola
phones won’t miss out, and the Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and the Droid Mini are
also in line for an update.
On November 12, Motorola released Android 5.0
Lollipop for the second generation Moto X, plus the U.S. and the international
second generation Moto G. At the end of the month, second gen Moto G owners
connected to the Verizon network were also treated to an update.
At the
beginning of December, owners of the original Moto G in India started to report
the arrival of Android 5.0, which was subsequently confirmed on Motorola’s own software update page. According to French network SFR, its Moto G phones would see
the update during December, however it’s not stated to which generation of Moto
G this applies. SFR’s announcement suggests other European Moto G phones should
also receive the new update soon.
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