ANDROID 5.0 LOLLIPOP HITS THE SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 4 FROM SPRINT AND AT&T

Motorola

Motorola partnered u

p with Google to produce the Nexus 6, so it makes sense it’s already familiar enough with the OS to quickly update its most recent phones. 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.

Motorola promises other devices will be updated to Android 5.0, and they will be announced at a later date.

Google Nexus and Google Play Editions

Lollipop made its official debut on the new Nexus 6 smartphone and the Nexus 9 tablet, both of which are now on sale. The update is also confirmed for the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 phones, plus the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets.

On November 12, Google tweeted the “Android Lollipop rollout has started and will soon be available on most Nexus devices.” The company also posted links to a selection of Android 5.0 Lollipop factory images. Keen Nexus owners who can’t wait for the over-the-air update can install these files on their phones to get the new software now.

Google’s other stock Android phones, known as Google Play Editions, will receive Android Lollipop. On December 2, the Xperia Z Ultra GPE reportedly began to receive its Android 5.0 update, although it hasn’t been confirmed by Sony. Around the same time, several reports from the XDA Developers forum indicated owners of the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition also saw the new version arrive. The update for both devices is around 400MB in size, and can be applied over-the-air.

HTC’s having a hard time gaining approval from Google for its HTC One and One M8 GPE update, according to the company’s VP of Product Management. He tweeted on December 2 that Google still hadn’t passed the software for release, apparently due to “their current workload.” All he could offer is the software is coming soon.

HTC

HTC was Google’s other Android 5.0 hardware partner alongside Motorola, producing the Nexus 9 tablet. Head over to the official HTC software update page, and it’s confirmed the HTC One and the HTC One M8 will be updated. Although the company aimed to issue the update within 90 days of the team receiving the final version from Google, it missed the deadline.

HTC stated that it plans to introduce those updates very soon, though. In fact, some people in Europe already have Lollipop on their One M8 phones. HTC’s Jeff Gordon confirmed the rollout on Twitter. More recently, some owners of unlocked and Google Play Edition versions of the HTC One M7 started receiving the update, reports PhoneArena.

As of February 10, T-Mobile introduced the Lollipop update to users with the HTC One M8 phone. The over the air update is 630MB, and can be found by going toSettings>About>Software update.

Having already worked on Android 5.0 Lollipop, this could mean HTC’s flagship phones will be brought right up to date this side of 2015. However, while HTC is busy replying to questions on this very subject through its official Twitter account, it’s staying quiet on the anticipated arrival, outside of the timeframe stated above. One reply says it doesn’t have any set dates, but it will come “in the next couple of months.”

Interestingly, the latest source has it on good authority that Lollipop will come to most of HTC’s lineup in the coming months. The HTC One M7 and M8 Google Play Editions will reportedly be the first to receive Lollipop, sometime in late November to December. The Sense-based versions will follow, receiving the update sometime in January or February.

The January to March timeframe, meanwhile, looks to be a very busy time for other HTC handsets. According to the source, Lollipop should make its way to the Desire Eye, One M8 Dual-Sim, One E8, One E8 Dual-Sim, and the Butterfly 2. The One Mini 2 and Desire 816 should receive Lollipop sometime in March or April, while the One Max, One Mini, and Butterfly S are slated for the update sometime between March and May. Interestingly, there is no mention of the 64-bit Desire 820. In addition, HTC’s Mediatek-powered handsets are still under evaluation, so it’s up in the air whether they will receive the Lollipop update.

HTC’s official statement on the subject of these other phones is that the company will “be announcing more devices in the near future.”