Android 5.1 lollipop Rumored To Arrive By February Next Year

Google released the first minor Lollipop update recently – Android 5.0.1. The update has started arriving for Google Nexus devices and also a few devices from other manufacturers such as HTC, Motorola and Samsung. But if a report published on AndroidPit is to be believed, the Mountain View based company has much bigger plans for a major Lollipop update early next year. AndroidPit claims to have heard from a reliable source that Google will be pushing out the Android 5.1 Lollipop update by the end of February next year.

The website also claims that they have a complete change-log of the 5.1 update. The change-log shared by AndroidPit does seem pretty realistic, although we will still advise that you take this news with a grain of salt until more information on this arrives in the coming weeks. The leaked change-log lists improved RAM management, stability improvement, sudden app closure fix, improved battery management, excessive consumption of network devices when using Wi-Fi fixed, wireless connections issue fixed, Okay Google function solved, notifications problem solved, fix for sound problems on certain devices, changes to Material Design color palette, other improvements and changes, and addition of the ‘missing’ silent mode feature on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The change to the Material Design palette is not confirmed though, as the sources claim that it may be saved for a higher version instead. Google has been receiving complaints from users on the choice of colors with its new Material Design in Android 5.0 Lollipop. More features could be part of the update, but AndroidPit sources aren’t aware of the other features and new functionalities that the new 5.1 version may bring with it.

AndroidPit claims that the information they have regarding Android 5.1 has been confirmed by two of their sources. How accurate this information turns out remains to be seen, but the changes listed in the leak are definitely welcome. The almost 5 month gap between Android 5.0 and Android 5.1 Lollipop does seem pretty reasonable and that is the time frame Google usually sticks to when releasing major updates to an Android version. Android 4.2 Jellybean was unveiled only around three months after the release of Android 4.1 Jellybean. The gap between Android 4.2 and Android 4.3 was much longer though, almost a year.