AT&T LG G3 Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA Starts Rolling Out to Users

AT&T pulled off a surprise today by rolling out the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop OTA for LG G3 owners. It was so far believed that Sprint will take the honor of being the first US carrier to roll out the Android 5.0 Lollipop for the LG G3. A leaked document recently revealed that Sprint plans to roll out the Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA to owners of the G3 from the 16^thonwards.

The Android 5.0.1 Lollipop OTA for the AT&T G3 variant is now being seeded to users and a few users have already reported that they have indeed received the update today. The OTA update weighs in at 689.53MB and includes all the features that are part of the Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA for the International variants of the LG G3. These include an updated user-interface design based on Google’s Material Design guidelines, improved performance thanks to the switch to Android ART runtime, Smart Lock feature that allows you to unlock your LG G3 using devices such as Android Wear smartwatches, improved Bluetooth connectivity, new lockscreen and heads-up notifications, and other bug-fixes and improvements.

LG had announced late last month that the G3 Lollipop update will be expanded to the US soon, although no specific information was revealed on which carrier would be releasing the updated first. The delay in the update rollout for the US market was due to the fact that the US carriers test the update themselves for a period of a few weeks before they roll out the update to their customers. LG started the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the G3 in December last year and has since been expanding the update rollout to newer regions. Sprint is expected to be the next carrier to release the update, expected on the 16^th. Other carriers such as Verizon and T-Mobile could also roll out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update soon.

If you do not see an OTA update notification yet on your AT&T LG G3, do not worry. OTA updates usually take a few days to show up for all users. In the meanwhile, you can also check for the update manually by going to Settings – About Phone – System Updates and then tap on check for updates. Make sure you are connected to a Wi-Fi network before downloading the update as the OTA update will not download over the cellular network.