Following its announcement in early
February that the Android 5.0 Lollipop
update rollout would begin in a week,
Google on Tuesday revealed it has
already started rolling out the update to
a small number of Android One phones
in India, saying it would reach users
gradually.
Google Product Management Director
Cesar Sengupta gave a status update to
Android One users about the company's
progress with the over-the-air (OTA)
Android 5.0 Lollipop update. In a Google
+ post, Sengupta said each week Google
will push the update each week to more
users who've have been selected at
random, with users on Wi-Fi getting a
better chance.
The Mountain View giant has been
making markedly slow progress with the
Lollipop update for Android One devices,
despite promises to deliver the updates
soon after they are released. While the
Nexus lineup started receiving the updat
back in November, several other
manufacturers, including Motorola, HTC,
LG, and Samsung , have already started
rolling out the update to few of their
smartphones.
Three Android One smartphones have
been launched in India thus far. The
Micromax Canvas A1 , Karbonn Sparkle V,
and Spice Dream Uno are all dual-SIM
smartphones that share some common
specifications: a 4.5-inch (480x854
pixels) IPS FWVGA display; 1.3GHz quad
core MediaTek processor; 1GB of RAM,
4GB of inbuilt storage; expandable
storage support via microSD card (up to
32GB); a 5-megapixel rear camera with
LED flash; a 2-megapixel front camera;
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, GPRS/ EDGE, 3G,
and a 1700mAh battery.
For now, the exact version of the Lollipo
update for Android One phones in India
has not yet been revealed, but the
company may possibly release Android
5.1 Lollipop, as with Android One device
launched in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and
Nepal earlier this month.
Android One Phones Start Receiving Lollipop Update in India | NDTV Gadgets
