Sony on Monday announced the rollout
of the Android 5.0 Lollipop update had
begun for its Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3
Compact smartphones.
The company says that the Android 5.0
Lollipop OTA update for the Xperia Z3
and Xperia Z3 Compact smartphones ha
started to roll out and will first hit Nordic
and Baltic regions. The rollout will
continue to further markets and more
Xperia Z series devices in around two
weeks' time.
Sony has provided a changelog for the
Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the
Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact. It
essentially features Google's Material
Design interface (Lollipop design style
notifications, and lock screen with fully
customisable settings), but retains the
company's approach to minimalistic
interface and application design. Sony
has also included the Android Lollipop's
multi-user profiles and guest mode
features.
The Japanese firm also claims it has
improved storage control and
customisation options to easily move
applications from internal memory to SD
card. Other than that, the Android 5.0
Lollipop update for Xperia Z3 and Xperia
Z3 Compact has got support for Android
for Work, notes Sony.
While Sony has not detailed the exact
Android version number of the update,
Xperia Blog reports that the firm is rollin
out Android 5.0.2 Lollipop rather than
Android 5.0.
Earlier this month, Sony surprised
everyone by saying that it would only be
bringing the Android 5.0 Lollipop update
to its Xperia Z series of devices. Replying
to a Sony Xperia M2 user about the
Android 5.0 Lollipop update, Sony
apologised for not updating devices
other than those in the Xperia Z series.
We are expect however that the company
will gradually update few of its other
devices as well. While the company
officially didn't suggest any devices, it
noted in a tweet that, "we can't commen
on upgrades for further products at this
time - please stay tuned to our blog for
the latest information."
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