Next version of Android will be out in March, HTC exec says

18 February, 2015
This means we could see Android 5.1 Lollipop getting officially announced in the next few weeks.

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  • AnonD-183154
  • 9Aw
  • 19 Feb 2015

So most Android users won't receive this bug fix until September at the earliest.

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    • Anonymous
    • sbJ
    • 19 Feb 2015

    If 5.1 is supposed to be a maintenance release, then why don't they call it 5.0.3?

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      • AnonD-108806
      • JXW
      • 19 Feb 2015

      I have Android 5.0.1 Sense version, and I do not have a thing to complain. Battery just rocks now.

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        • AnonD-365407
        • a39
        • 19 Feb 2015

        I have nexus 6 it does not let me update it from android 5 to 5.0.1 why please help me?

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          • AnonD-196068
          • mxU
          • 19 Feb 2015

          Anonymous, 19 Feb 2015Uhm no. Vista had performance issues. Lollipop increses per... moreYou obviously haven't seen the lock screen notifications mess that is Android 5.x where full text "searching for GPS" messages are more visible than missed phone calls and there is no way to raise the priority of missed phone call notifications on the lock screen. So when I have missed a call I am more likely to see worthless messages about apps. connecting to things that were just icons on the status bar previously than I am the missed phone call. Best of all if you block those apps. from displaying in the lock screen they then just disappear compeletely now. Go figure becase I can see no sensible logic to it!

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            • John
            • RN@
            • 19 Feb 2015

            david, 19 Feb 2015dont ever dare to try Lumia 1520 or 1320 or 9xx you cannot... moreI carry a Blackberry Z30 for business and everyone notices.
            How can any person, or Government, who is serious about their business security, not use a Blackberry.
            People who see my mobile comment they wish they had the same level of comfort in their international business travels in particular.

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              • Anonymous
              • rjA
              • 19 Feb 2015

              AnonD-298939, 19 Feb 2015Lollipop is quickly turning out to be the Windows Vista of ... moreUhm no. Vista had performance issues. Lollipop increses performance greatly. And Lollipop barely has bugs unlike Vista. And if you're arguing please name a single bug except the boot animation bug (if you put a ultra high resolution boot animation on your Android in Lollipop it may kill system processes in order to accomodate the spike in RAM usage (by the way this can be fixed by flashing a fix on xda))

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                • AnonD-298939
                • v7k
                • 19 Feb 2015

                Lollipop is quickly turning out to be the Windows Vista of Android releases.

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                  • AnonD-161450
                  • sGP
                  • 19 Feb 2015

                  John, 19 Feb 2015Ridiculous Yet another update, or another version. What i... moreI think more than issues, Google is planning on to release new features then and there rather than to sum all the updates and release it as new version, just to compete in this ultra fast growing competitive market. Anyhow I am a windows phone user and I am very much happy with it... :)

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                    • david
                    • ijM
                    • 19 Feb 2015

                    dont ever dare to try Lumia 1520 or 1320 or 9xx
                    you cannot loose the device after 60days...
                    its not flexible as android
                    its not hyper like apple
                    it WORKS... FLAWLESSLY... MINDBLOWINGLY... it just works...
                    i carry sony Z and nobody cares
                    i carry lumia 1520, suddenly many people ask about it...
                    it certainly is an attention grabbing device

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                      • Rahul
                      • bEM
                      • 19 Feb 2015

                      5.0.1 is not working proper so don't update

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                        • Anonymous
                        • XuZ
                        • 19 Feb 2015

                        Wonderful, the next Android OS is being rolled out in a month but my Note 4 in India still does not have lollipop update. Google please sync up with the manufacturers. i think i am better of moving to iOS where updates are released on the same day all around the world.

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                          • AnonD-117452
                          • QQS
                          • 19 Feb 2015

                          Wow...I'm really tired of Google doing this. Like I read someone else say, Google has ADHD when it comes to software. Mostly, I'm tired of Android being developed at a breakneck pace while the existing phones/OEMs struggle to provide some kind of continuity, with no realistic hope of providing an up-to-date experience for their customers. Not only that, but most of the time, in their panic to develop, Google intro's bugs in each release, which they then attempt to fix in another release, and another, and another...

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                            • AnonD-330115
                            • 4Qx
                            • 19 Feb 2015

                            John, 19 Feb 2015Ridiculous Yet another update, or another version. What i... moreiOS went through 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 before releasing 8.1 a month after 8.0. it's not just google.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • m5b
                              • 19 Feb 2015

                              5.0.2 is running like a pig on my nexus 7. Blackberry passport next for me, although mainly for the keyboard.

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                                • Jason Melling
                                • x$L
                                • 19 Feb 2015

                                Another update with very little new. They will change the colour of something, put in a new font and call it an update. Every version does the same thing, nothing changes. All these updates do nothing and are meaningless.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • q9x
                                  • 19 Feb 2015

                                  John, 19 Feb 2015Ridiculous Yet another update, or another version. What i... moreLike with every major release of an OS, there will be bugs. If you take the update that early, you should be aware of what you're getting into.

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                                    • loubielou
                                    • 3p9
                                    • 19 Feb 2015

                                    Google made there biggest mistake with the Lollipop Update,after All the Data on/off Widgets from the Play Store would not Function Right,Why?did Google do this seems Totally Odd

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                                      • John
                                      • RN@
                                      • 19 Feb 2015

                                      Ridiculous
                                      Yet another update, or another version.
                                      What is the problem with Goggle?
                                      Cant they get it right?
                                      All these updates, and huge publicity.
                                      I wonder if there are really big core underlying issues with Android?
                                      Frankly I am suspicious and dont see it as normal to have several update or upgrades per year.
                                      Perhaps they are worried their spyware is not performing well, though I doubt it from what I have been told.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • p2L
                                        • 18 Feb 2015

                                        I wait for Android 6.0 that will come in October.