Wednesday 4 February 2015

Lollipop starts hitting Moto G, but Android 5.1 is just around the corner

Owners of the Motorola Moto G (2014) should soon be receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop update, with the latest version of Google's mobile operating system now being rolled out to owners of the second generation Moto G.
The update, which is actually Android 5.0.2, is pretty identical to the standard unmodified version of Android, which is good news if you're not a fan of unnecessary apps that some manufacturers like to preinstall.
Although the news that the Moto G (2014) handset is getting Android 5.0 Lollipop is welcome, it could soon be outdated as new rumours suggest Android 5.1 could be released soon.

Getting a new lollipop

Promotional material for the Android One in Indonesia makes reference to Android Lollipop 5.1. Android Police dug further and uncovered photos of an unboxed Indonesian Android One phone that appear to be running Android build LMY29F, also displayed as Android 5.1.

If accurate then Android 5.1 doesn't appear to look any different to Android 5.0, so the update would like be mainly updates and fixes to sort out some of the problems found in Android 5.0.
The leap from Android 5.0.2 to Android 5.1 is quite a major one, so there may be more substantial changes.